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1.17 Repeatedly call bfgsmin

Helptext:

battery.m: repeatedly call bfgs using a battery of 
start values, to attempt to find global min
of a nonconvex function

INPUTS:
func: function to mimimize
args: args of function
minarg: argument to minimize w.r.t. (usually = 1)
startvals: kxp matrix of values to try for sure (don't include all zeros, that's automatic)
max iters per start value
number of additional random start values to try

OUTPUT: theta - the best value found - NOT iterated to convergence