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diff --git a/math/py-algopy/pkg-descr b/math/py-algopy/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..214144cdf392 --- /dev/null +++ b/math/py-algopy/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +The purpose of AlgoPy is the evaluation of higher-order derivatives in the +forward and reverse mode of Algorithmic Differentiation (AD) of functions +that are implemented as Python programs. Particular focus are functions that +contain numerical linear algebra functions as they often appear in statistically +motivated functions. The intended use of AlgoPy is for easy prototyping at +reasonable execution speeds. More precisely, for a typical program a directional +derivative takes order 10 times as much time as time as the function evaluation. +This is approximately also true for the gradient. + +WWW: https://pythonhosted.org/algopy/ |