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+// test_math_fwd.cpp
+
+//  Copyright John Maddock 2010.
+//  Copyright Paul A. Bristow 2010.
+//  Use, modification and distribution are subject to the
+//  Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file
+//  LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+// Basic sanity check that special functions forward declaration header
+// <boost/math/special_functions/math_fwd.hpp>
+// and distributions forward declarations header
+// <boost/math/distributions/fwd.hpp>
+// #includes all the files that it needs to.
+//
+#include <boost/math/special_functions/math_fwd.hpp>
+#include <boost/math/special_functions/beta.hpp>
+// using boost::math::beta;
+
+#include <boost/math/distributions/fwd.hpp>
+#include <boost/math/distributions/normal.hpp>
+// using boost::math::normal_distribution;
+
+int main()
+{
+  // Special functions.
+  // Call functions, discarding any result.
+  using boost::math::beta;
+  beta(1.,2.);
+
+  // Distributions.
+  using boost::math::normal_distribution;
+  using boost::math::normal;
+
+  // Construct some distributions.
+  normal myf1(1., 2); // Using typedef.
+  normal n01; // Use default values for mean and standard deviation).
+  normal_distribution<> n01d(1., 2); // Using default RealType double.
+  normal_distribution<float> n01f; // Using float type, and defaults.
+  normal_distribution<float> myf22(0.f, 2.f); // Using explicit RealType float.
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
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