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implicit differentiation

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Definition

A math trick for getting gradients through an answer by differentiating the equation it satisfies, instead of every step that led there.

A technique using the implicit function theorem to compute derivatives at a fixed point without backpropagating through the iterations that produced it.

Also called: implicit function theorem, implicit gradient, implicit gradients

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