
Syntax
f = adfun(a_x, a_y)

Purpose
The function object f will store the type( a_x[0] ) operation sequence that mapped the independent variable vector a_x to the dependent variable vector a_y .

a_x
The argument a_x is the numpy.array returned by the previous call to independent . Neither the size of a_x , or the value it its elements, may change between calling       a_x = independent(x)  and       f = adfun(a_x, a_y)  The length of the vector a_x determines the domain size $n$ for the function $y = F(x)$ below.

a_y
The argument a_y specifies the dependent variables. It must be a numpy.array with one dimension (i.e., a vector) and with the same type of elements as a_x . The object f stores the type( a_x[0] ) operations that mapped the vector a_x to the vector a_y . The length of the vector a_y determines the range size $m$ for the function $y = F(x)$ below.

f
The return value f can be used to evaluate the function $$F : \B{R}^n \rightarrow \B{R}^m$$ and its derivatives, where $y = F(x)$ corresponds to the operation sequence mentioned above.

m
The range size $m$ is equal to the length of the vector a_y .

n
The domain size $n$ is equal to the length of the vector a_x .

level
The ad level for the object f is one less than the AD level for the arguments a_x and a_y ; i.e., if type( a_x[0] ) is a_float (a2float) the corresponding AD level for f is zero (one).

Example
The file adfun.py contains an example and test of this function.