Posterior Log Probability ------------------------- We want the derivative of a posterior log probability density calculation. We have a normal distribution with known variance. .. literalinclude:: posterior_log_probability.py :lines: 1- as output one obtains:: walter@wronski$ python examples/posterior_log_probability.py function evaluation = 138.692022348 function evaluation = 138.692022 1st directional derivative = 44.061288 2nd directional derivative = 94.000000 finite differences derivative = 44.0612893726 gradient = 44.0612882911 Hessian vector product = 94.0 and the computational graph: .. image:: posterior_log_probability_cgraph.png :align: center :scale: 50