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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def configure(self, x0, axis):
 """Configure the 1D function for a line search Arguments: x0 -- the reference point (q=0) axis -- a unit vector in the direction of the line search """

        self.x0 = x0
        self.axis = axis