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get_started: Example and Test

For our getting started example, we consider the Gaussian density for two independent random variables $F : \B{R}^2 \rightarrow \B{R}$ and its partial derivatives : $$\begin{array}{rcl} F(x) & = & \exp \left[ - ( x_0^2 + x_1^2 ) / 2. \right] \\ \partial_{x(0)} F(x) & = & - F(x) * x_0 \\ \partial_{x(1)} F(x) & = & - F(x) * x_1 \end{array}$$ The following Python code computes these derivatives using pycppad and then checks the results for correctness:  from pycppad import * def pycppad_test_get_started() : def F(x) : # function to be differentiated return exp(-(x[0]**2. + x[1]**2.) / 2.) # is Gaussian density x = numpy.array( [ 1., 2.] ) a_x = independent(x) a_y = numpy.array( [ F(a_x) ] ) f = adfun(a_x, a_y) J = f.jacobian(x) # J = F'(x) assert abs( J[0, 0] + F(x) * x[0] ) < 1e-10 # J[0,0] ~= - F(x) * x[0] assert abs( J[0, 1] + F(x) * x[1] ) < 1e-10 # J[0,1] ~= - F(x) * x[1] 
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