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+// Ceres Solver - A fast non-linear least squares minimizer
+// Copyright 2010, 2011, 2012 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+// http://code.google.com/p/ceres-solver/
+//
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+//
+// Author: keir@google.com (Keir Mierle)
+//
+// A simple example of using the Ceres minimizer.
+//
+// Minimize 0.5 (10 - x)^2 using jacobian matrix computed using
+// automatic differentiation.
+
+#include "ceres/ceres.h"
+#include "glog/logging.h"
+
+using ceres::AutoDiffCostFunction;
+using ceres::CostFunction;
+using ceres::Problem;
+using ceres::Solver;
+using ceres::Solve;
+
+// A templated cost functor that implements the residual r = 10 -
+// x. The method operator() is templated so that we can then use an
+// automatic differentiation wrapper around it to generate its
+// derivatives.
+struct CostFunctor {
+  template <typename T> bool operator()(const T* const x, T* residual) const {
+    residual[0] = T(10.0) - x[0];
+    return true;
+  }
+};
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+  google::InitGoogleLogging(argv[0]);
+
+  // The variable to solve for with its initial value. It will be
+  // mutated in place by the solver.
+  double x = 0.5;
+  const double initial_x = x;
+
+  // Build the problem.
+  Problem problem;
+
+  // Set up the only cost function (also known as residual). This uses
+  // auto-differentiation to obtain the derivative (jacobian).
+  CostFunction* cost_function =
+      new AutoDiffCostFunction<CostFunctor, 1, 1>(new CostFunctor);
+  problem.AddResidualBlock(cost_function, NULL, &x);
+
+  // Run the solver!
+  Solver::Options options;
+  options.minimizer_progress_to_stdout = true;
+  Solver::Summary summary;
+  Solve(options, &problem, &summary);
+
+  std::cout << summary.BriefReport() << "\n";
+  std::cout << "x : " << initial_x
+            << " -> " << x << "\n";
+  return 0;
+}