Kahn is a Mode using reverse-mode automatic differentiation that provides fast diffFU, diff2FU, grad, grad2 and a fast jacobian when you have a significantly smaller number of outputs than inputs.

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The grad function calculates the gradient of a non-scalar-to-scalar function with kahn-mode AD in a single pass.

>>> grad (\[x,y,z] -> x*y+z) [1,2,3]
[2,1,1]

The grad' function calculates the result and gradient of a non-scalar-to-scalar function with kahn-mode AD in a single pass.

>>> grad' (\[x,y,z] -> 4*x*exp y+cos z) [1,2,3]
(28.566231899122155,[29.5562243957226,29.5562243957226,-0.1411200080598672])

grad g f function calculates the gradient of a non-scalar-to-scalar function f with kahn-mode AD in a single pass. The gradient is combined element-wise with the argument using the function g.

grad = gradWith (_ dx -> dx)
id = gradWith const

grad' g f calculates the result and gradient of a non-scalar-to-scalar function f with kahn-mode AD in a single pass the gradient is combined element-wise with the argument using the function g.

grad' == gradWith' (_ dx -> dx)

The jacobian function calculates the jacobian of a non-scalar-to-non-scalar function with kahn AD lazily in m passes for m outputs.

>>> jacobian (\[x,y] -> [y,x,x*y]) [2,1]
[[0,1],[1,0],[1,2]]

>>> jacobian (\[x,y] -> [exp y,cos x,x+y]) [1,2]
[[0.0,7.38905609893065],[-0.8414709848078965,0.0],[1.0,1.0]]

The jacobian' function calculates both the result and the Jacobian of a nonscalar-to-nonscalar function, using m invocations of kahn AD, where m is the output dimensionality. Applying fmap snd to the result will recover the result of jacobian | An alias for gradF'

ghci> jacobian' ([x,y] -> [y,x,x*y]) [2,1] [(1,[0,1]),(2,[1,0]),(2,[1,2])]

'jacobianWith g f' calculates the Jacobian of a non-scalar-to-non-scalar function f with kahn AD lazily in m passes for m outputs.

Instead of returning the Jacobian matrix, the elements of the matrix are combined with the input using the g.

jacobian = jacobianWith (_ dx -> dx)
jacobianWith const = (f x -> const x <$> f x)

jacobianWith g f' calculates both the result and the Jacobian of a nonscalar-to-nonscalar function f, using m invocations of kahn AD, where m is the output dimensionality. Applying fmap snd to the result will recover the result of jacobianWith

Instead of returning the Jacobian matrix, the elements of the matrix are combined with the input using the g.

jacobian' == jacobianWith' (_ dx -> dx)

Compute the hessian via the jacobian of the gradient. gradient is computed in Kahn mode and then the jacobian is computed in Kahn mode.

However, since the grad f :: f a -> f a is square this is not as fast as using the forward-mode jacobian of a reverse mode gradient provided by hessian.

>>> hessian (\[x,y] -> x*y) [1,2]
[[0,1],[1,0]]

Compute the order 3 Hessian tensor on a non-scalar-to-non-scalar function via the Kahn-mode Jacobian of the Kahn-mode Jacobian of the function.

Less efficient than hessianF.

>>> hessianF (\[x,y] -> [x*y,x+y,exp x*cos y]) [1,2]
[[[0.0,1.0],[1.0,0.0]],[[0.0,0.0],[0.0,0.0]],[[-1.1312043837568135,-2.4717266720048188],[-2.4717266720048188,1.1312043837568135]]]

Compute the derivative of a function.

>>> diff sin 0
1.0

>>> cos 0
1.0

The diff' function calculates the value and derivative, as a pair, of a scalar-to-scalar function.

>>> diff' sin 0
(0.0,1.0)

Compute the derivatives of a function that returns a vector with regards to its single input.

>>> diffF (\a -> [sin a, cos a]) 0
[1.0,0.0]

Compute the derivatives of a function that returns a vector with regards to its single input as well as the primal answer.

>>> diffF' (\a -> [sin a, cos a]) 0
[(0.0,1.0),(1.0,0.0)]