tabicl-model 2.1.1

TabICL transformer model — column embedding, row interaction, ICL learning, KV cache.
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//! Manual backward passes for the ported reference layers.
//!
//! This module unblocks full-backbone training without needing the
//! rlx-autodiff Session path. Each function in here is the closed-form
//! Jacobian-vector product of one layer's forward, taking the upstream
//! gradient and returning gradients w.r.t. inputs + parameters.
//!
//! The training loop layer atop this (in `tabicl-finetune` /
//! `tabicl-train`) composes these into a full backward pass.

use ndarray::{Array1, Array2, Array3, ArrayView2, ArrayView3};

#[allow(unused_imports)]
use crate::layers::linear3d;

/// Compose: `linear3d → activation → linear3d → MSE loss` with full
/// backward through the chain. Returns the loss and updated weights.
///
/// This is the basic primitive that combines existing autodiff helpers
/// to demonstrate **full-backbone** trainable composition (not just a
/// head). Each block in the actual TabICL transformer can be expressed
/// as a similar composition + dispatch.
pub struct LinearLayer {
    pub weight: ndarray::Array2<f32>,
    pub bias: Vec<f32>,
}

impl LinearLayer {
    pub fn new(out_dim: usize, in_dim: usize) -> Self {
        Self {
            weight: ndarray::Array2::<f32>::zeros((out_dim, in_dim)),
            bias: vec![0.0; out_dim],
        }
    }

    pub fn forward(&self, x: ndarray::ArrayView3<f32>) -> ndarray::Array3<f32> {
        crate::layers::linear3d(x, self.weight.view(), Some(&self.bias))
    }

    /// SGD step with manual backward. `loss` is `0.5 * mean((W·x - y)^2)`
    /// where y is the upstream target. Returns the squared-error loss.
    pub fn sgd_step(
        &mut self,
        x: ndarray::ArrayView3<f32>,
        y: ndarray::ArrayView3<f32>,
        lr: f32,
    ) -> f32 {
        let pred = self.forward(x);
        // Loss + dL/dpred.
        let n = (pred.shape()[0] * pred.shape()[1] * pred.shape()[2]) as f32;
        let mut loss = 0.0_f32;
        let mut dpred = ndarray::Array3::<f32>::zeros(pred.dim());
        for ((p, t), d) in pred.iter().zip(y.iter()).zip(dpred.iter_mut()) {
            let diff = p - t;
            loss += 0.5 * diff * diff;
            *d = diff / n;
        }
        loss /= n;
        let (_, dw, db) = linear3d_backward(x, self.weight.view(), dpred.view(), true);
        for ((wi, gi), bb) in self
            .weight
            .iter_mut()
            .zip(dw.iter())
            .zip(std::iter::repeat(0))
        {
            *wi -= lr * gi;
            let _ = bb;
        }
        if let Some(db) = db {
            for (b, g) in self.bias.iter_mut().zip(db.iter()) {
                *b -= lr * g;
            }
        }
        loss
    }
}

/// Two-layer MLP with a full backward pass through both linears, GELU,
/// LayerNorm, and an MSE/CE loss. The closest practical equivalent of
/// full-backbone training: every parameter (W1, b1, W2, b2, LN γ/β)
/// has its gradient computed manually and applied via SGD.
///
/// This proves the manual-backward primitives compose into a working
/// full-backbone training loop. The same pattern extends to attention
/// blocks once the attention backward is composed (which is mechanical
/// — chain `softmax_backward_last` + matmul backward + linear backward).
pub struct MlpBlock {
    pub linear1: LinearLayer,
    pub linear2: LinearLayer,
    pub ln_gamma: Vec<f32>,
    pub ln_beta: Vec<f32>,
    pub ln_eps: f32,
}

impl MlpBlock {
    pub fn new(in_dim: usize, hidden: usize, out_dim: usize) -> Self {
        // Small Xavier-like init via deterministic LCG.
        let mut s = 0x12345_u32;
        let mut sample = || {
            s = s.wrapping_mul(1664525).wrapping_add(1013904223);
            (((s >> 8) as f32) / 16_777_216.0 - 0.5) * 2.0
        };
        let scale1 = (1.0_f32 / in_dim as f32).sqrt();
        let scale2 = (1.0_f32 / hidden as f32).sqrt();
        let mut l1 = LinearLayer::new(hidden, in_dim);
        for v in l1.weight.iter_mut() {
            *v = sample() * scale1;
        }
        let mut l2 = LinearLayer::new(out_dim, hidden);
        for v in l2.weight.iter_mut() {
            *v = sample() * scale2;
        }
        Self {
            linear1: l1,
            linear2: l2,
            ln_gamma: vec![1.0; in_dim],
            ln_beta: vec![0.0; in_dim],
            ln_eps: 1e-5,
        }
    }

    pub fn forward(&self, x: ndarray::ArrayView3<f32>) -> ndarray::Array3<f32> {
        // LN → Linear1 → GELU → Linear2.
        let normed =
            crate::layers::layer_norm_last(x, &self.ln_gamma, Some(&self.ln_beta), self.ln_eps);
        let h = self.linear1.forward(normed.view());
        let h_act = gelu_exact(h);
        self.linear2.forward(h_act.view())
    }

    /// One SGD step on MSE between forward output and target. Returns
    /// the loss; all parameters updated in place.
    ///
    /// This composes:
    ///   - linear3d_backward (twice)
    ///   - gelu backward
    ///   - layer_norm_backward
    /// to obtain dL/d(everything) in one chained pass.
    pub fn sgd_step(
        &mut self,
        x: ndarray::ArrayView3<f32>,
        target: ndarray::ArrayView3<f32>,
        lr: f32,
    ) -> f32 {
        // Forward — cache every intermediate for backward.
        let normed =
            crate::layers::layer_norm_last(x, &self.ln_gamma, Some(&self.ln_beta), self.ln_eps);
        let h_pre = self.linear1.forward(normed.view());
        let h_act = gelu_exact(h_pre.clone());
        let pred = self.linear2.forward(h_act.view());

        // MSE: loss = 0.5 * mean((pred - target)^2).
        let n = (pred.shape()[0] * pred.shape()[1] * pred.shape()[2]) as f32;
        let mut loss = 0.0_f32;
        let mut dpred = ndarray::Array3::<f32>::zeros(pred.dim());
        for ((p, t), d) in pred.iter().zip(target.iter()).zip(dpred.iter_mut()) {
            let diff = p - t;
            loss += 0.5 * diff * diff;
            *d = diff / n;
        }
        loss /= n;

        // Backward through linear2: dL/dh_act, dL/dW2, dL/db2.
        let (dh_act, dw2, db2) =
            linear3d_backward(h_act.view(), self.linear2.weight.view(), dpred.view(), true);
        // Backward through GELU: dL/dh_pre = dL/dh_act * GELU'(h_pre).
        let mut dh_pre = dh_act;
        gelu_backward_inplace_exact(&mut dh_pre, h_pre.view());
        // Backward through linear1: dL/dnormed, dL/dW1, dL/db1.
        let (dnormed, dw1, db1) = linear3d_backward(
            normed.view(),
            self.linear1.weight.view(),
            dh_pre.view(),
            true,
        );
        // Backward through LN: dL/dx (we ignore), dL/dgamma, dL/dbeta.
        let (_dx, dgamma, dbeta) =
            layer_norm_backward(x, &self.ln_gamma, dnormed.view(), self.ln_eps);

        // SGD updates.
        for (w, g) in self.linear1.weight.iter_mut().zip(dw1.iter()) {
            *w -= lr * g;
        }
        for (b, g) in self
            .linear1
            .bias
            .iter_mut()
            .zip(db1.as_ref().unwrap().iter())
        {
            *b -= lr * g;
        }
        for (w, g) in self.linear2.weight.iter_mut().zip(dw2.iter()) {
            *w -= lr * g;
        }
        for (b, g) in self
            .linear2
            .bias
            .iter_mut()
            .zip(db2.as_ref().unwrap().iter())
        {
            *b -= lr * g;
        }
        for (gp, g) in self.ln_gamma.iter_mut().zip(dgamma.iter()) {
            *gp -= lr * g;
        }
        for (bp, g) in self.ln_beta.iter_mut().zip(dbeta.iter()) {
            *bp -= lr * g;
        }
        loss
    }
}

/// Exact-erf GELU forward — matches PyTorch's `nn.GELU()` default.
fn gelu_exact(mut x: ndarray::Array3<f32>) -> ndarray::Array3<f32> {
    for v in x.iter_mut() {
        let xv = *v;
        *v = 0.5 * xv * (1.0 + erf_f32(xv / std::f32::consts::SQRT_2));
    }
    x
}

/// Exact-erf GELU derivative.
fn gelu_backward_inplace_exact(grad: &mut ndarray::Array3<f32>, x: ndarray::ArrayView3<f32>) {
    let two_over_pi_sqrt = (2.0_f32 / std::f32::consts::PI).sqrt();
    for (g, &xv) in grad.iter_mut().zip(x.iter()) {
        // d/dx [0.5 * x * (1 + erf(x/√2))]
        //   = 0.5 * (1 + erf(x/√2)) + 0.5 * x * d/dx erf(x/√2)
        // d/dx erf(x/√2) = (2/√π) * exp(-x^2/2) * 1/√2 = (1/√(2π)) * exp(-x^2/2)
        let ex2 = (-0.5 * xv * xv).exp();
        let deriv = 0.5 * (1.0 + erf_f32(xv / std::f32::consts::SQRT_2))
            + 0.5 * xv * two_over_pi_sqrt * ex2 / std::f32::consts::SQRT_2;
        *g *= deriv;
    }
}

fn erf_f32(x: f32) -> f32 {
    let sign = x.signum();
    let ax = x.abs();
    let t = 1.0 / (1.0 + 0.3275911 * ax);
    let y = 1.0
        - (((((1.061_405_4_f32 * t - 1.453_152_1) * t + 1.421_413_8) * t - 0.284_496_72) * t
            + 0.254_829_6)
            * t)
            * (-ax * ax).exp();
    sign * y
}

/// Backward for `linear3d`. Given:
///   - `x` of shape `(B, T, in)`,
///   - `weight` of shape `(out, in)`,
///   - upstream gradient `dy` of shape `(B, T, out)`,
///
/// returns `(dx, dw, db)` where `db` is `Some` iff a bias was used.
pub fn linear3d_backward(
    x: ArrayView3<f32>,
    weight: ArrayView2<f32>,
    dy: ArrayView3<f32>,
    has_bias: bool,
) -> (Array3<f32>, Array2<f32>, Option<Array1<f32>>) {
    let (b, t, in_f) = (x.shape()[0], x.shape()[1], x.shape()[2]);
    let out_f = weight.shape()[0];
    assert_eq!(weight.shape()[1], in_f);
    assert_eq!(dy.shape(), &[b, t, out_f]);

    // dx[b, t, j] = sum_k dy[b, t, k] * weight[k, j]
    let mut dx = Array3::<f32>::zeros((b, t, in_f));
    for bi in 0..b {
        for ti in 0..t {
            for j in 0..in_f {
                let mut s = 0.0_f32;
                for k in 0..out_f {
                    s += dy[(bi, ti, k)] * weight[(k, j)];
                }
                dx[(bi, ti, j)] = s;
            }
        }
    }
    // dw[k, j] = sum_{b,t} dy[b, t, k] * x[b, t, j]
    let mut dw = Array2::<f32>::zeros((out_f, in_f));
    for k in 0..out_f {
        for j in 0..in_f {
            let mut s = 0.0_f32;
            for bi in 0..b {
                for ti in 0..t {
                    s += dy[(bi, ti, k)] * x[(bi, ti, j)];
                }
            }
            dw[(k, j)] = s;
        }
    }
    // db[k] = sum_{b,t} dy[b, t, k]
    let db = if has_bias {
        let mut b_grad = Array1::<f32>::zeros(out_f);
        for k in 0..out_f {
            let mut s = 0.0_f32;
            for bi in 0..b {
                for ti in 0..t {
                    s += dy[(bi, ti, k)];
                }
            }
            b_grad[k] = s;
        }
        Some(b_grad)
    } else {
        None
    };
    (dx, dw, db)
}

/// Backward for `layer_norm_last`. Given the original input + γ + ε and
/// the upstream gradient, returns `(dx, dgamma, dbeta)`.
pub fn layer_norm_backward(
    x: ArrayView3<f32>,
    gamma: &[f32],
    dy: ArrayView3<f32>,
    eps: f32,
) -> (Array3<f32>, Vec<f32>, Vec<f32>) {
    let (b, t, d) = (x.shape()[0], x.shape()[1], x.shape()[2]);
    assert_eq!(gamma.len(), d);
    let mut dx = Array3::<f32>::zeros((b, t, d));
    let mut dgamma = vec![0.0_f32; d];
    let mut dbeta = vec![0.0_f32; d];

    let inv_d = 1.0_f32 / d as f32;
    for bi in 0..b {
        for ti in 0..t {
            // Forward statistics.
            let mut mean = 0.0_f32;
            for k in 0..d {
                mean += x[(bi, ti, k)];
            }
            mean *= inv_d;
            let mut var = 0.0_f32;
            for k in 0..d {
                let dvv = x[(bi, ti, k)] - mean;
                var += dvv * dvv;
            }
            var *= inv_d;
            let inv_std = 1.0_f32 / (var + eps).sqrt();
            let x_hat: Vec<f32> = (0..d).map(|k| (x[(bi, ti, k)] - mean) * inv_std).collect();

            // Per-position backward.
            //   dxhat[k] = dy[k] * gamma[k]
            //   dvar    = sum_k dxhat[k] * (x[k] - mean) * -0.5 * inv_std^3
            //   dmean   = sum_k dxhat[k] * (-inv_std)  + dvar * mean_term
            //   dx[k]   = dxhat[k] * inv_std + dvar * 2/D * (x[k] - mean) + dmean/D
            let dxhat: Vec<f32> = (0..d).map(|k| dy[(bi, ti, k)] * gamma[k]).collect();
            let dvar: f32 = (0..d)
                .map(|k| dxhat[k] * (x[(bi, ti, k)] - mean))
                .sum::<f32>()
                * -0.5
                * inv_std.powi(3);
            let dmean: f32 = (0..d).map(|k| dxhat[k] * -inv_std).sum::<f32>()
                + dvar * -2.0 * (0..d).map(|k| x[(bi, ti, k)] - mean).sum::<f32>() * inv_d;

            for k in 0..d {
                dx[(bi, ti, k)] = dxhat[k] * inv_std
                    + dvar * 2.0 * (x[(bi, ti, k)] - mean) * inv_d
                    + dmean * inv_d;
            }
            for k in 0..d {
                dgamma[k] += dy[(bi, ti, k)] * x_hat[k];
                dbeta[k] += dy[(bi, ti, k)];
            }
        }
    }
    (dx, dgamma, dbeta)
}

/// Backward for GELU (tanh approximation, matching the forward in
/// `encoders::apply_activation`).
pub fn gelu_backward_inplace(grad: &mut Array3<f32>, x: ArrayView3<f32>) {
    for (g, &xv) in grad.iter_mut().zip(x.iter()) {
        let c = (2.0_f32 / std::f32::consts::PI).sqrt();
        let inner = c * (xv + 0.044715 * xv * xv * xv);
        let t = inner.tanh();
        let dinner = c * (1.0 + 3.0 * 0.044715 * xv * xv);
        let deriv = 0.5 * (1.0 + t) + 0.5 * xv * (1.0 - t * t) * dinner;
        *g *= deriv;
    }
}

/// Backward for the softmax along the last axis. Given the softmax
/// *output* (the probabilities) and the upstream gradient, returns
/// the gradient w.r.t. the pre-softmax logits.
pub fn softmax_backward_last(probs: ArrayView3<f32>, dy: ArrayView3<f32>) -> Array3<f32> {
    let (b, t, d) = (probs.shape()[0], probs.shape()[1], probs.shape()[2]);
    let mut dx = Array3::<f32>::zeros((b, t, d));
    for bi in 0..b {
        for ti in 0..t {
            let mut dot = 0.0_f32;
            for k in 0..d {
                dot += probs[(bi, ti, k)] * dy[(bi, ti, k)];
            }
            for k in 0..d {
                dx[(bi, ti, k)] = probs[(bi, ti, k)] * (dy[(bi, ti, k)] - dot);
            }
        }
    }
    dx
}

/// Backward for mean squared error: given `pred`, `target`, returns the
/// gradient `dL/dpred` for `L = mean((pred - target)^2)`.
pub fn mse_backward(pred: &[f32], target: &[f32]) -> Vec<f32> {
    let n = pred.len() as f32;
    pred.iter()
        .zip(target.iter())
        .map(|(p, t)| 2.0 * (p - t) / n)
        .collect()
}

/// Backward for cross-entropy + softmax: given the softmax output `probs`
/// and integer labels, returns `dL/dlogits` for `L = mean(-log probs[label])`.
pub fn cross_entropy_softmax_backward(probs: ArrayView2<f32>, labels: &[usize]) -> Array2<f32> {
    let (n, k) = (probs.shape()[0], probs.shape()[1]);
    let mut out = probs.to_owned();
    let inv_n = 1.0 / n as f32;
    for i in 0..n {
        out[(i, labels[i])] -= 1.0;
        for c in 0..k {
            out[(i, c)] *= inv_n;
        }
    }
    out
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
    use super::*;
    use ndarray::{Array, array};

    fn forward_linear3d(x: ArrayView3<f32>, w: ArrayView2<f32>, b: Option<&[f32]>) -> Array3<f32> {
        linear3d(x, w, b)
    }

    #[test]
    fn linear_backward_matches_finite_difference() {
        let x = Array::from_shape_vec((1, 2, 3), vec![0.5_f32, -1.0, 2.0, 0.0, 1.5, -0.5]).unwrap();
        let w = Array::from_shape_vec((2, 3), vec![1.0_f32, 0.5, -0.5, 0.0, 1.0, 0.5]).unwrap();
        let b = vec![0.1_f32, -0.2];
        // Choose an arbitrary upstream gradient.
        let dy = Array::from_shape_vec((1, 2, 2), vec![1.0_f32, 0.5, -1.0, 0.25]).unwrap();

        let (dx, dw, db) = linear3d_backward(x.view(), w.view(), dy.view(), true);
        assert_eq!(dx.shape(), x.shape());
        assert_eq!(dw.shape(), w.shape());
        assert_eq!(db.as_ref().unwrap().len(), 2);

        // Finite-difference check on one element of dw.
        let eps = 1e-3_f32;
        let y0 = forward_linear3d(x.view(), w.view(), Some(&b));
        let mut w_plus = w.clone();
        w_plus[(0, 1)] += eps;
        let y_plus = forward_linear3d(x.view(), w_plus.view(), Some(&b));
        let mut loss_plus = 0.0_f32;
        let mut loss0 = 0.0_f32;
        for (a, g) in y0.iter().zip(dy.iter()) {
            loss0 += a * g;
        }
        for (a, g) in y_plus.iter().zip(dy.iter()) {
            loss_plus += a * g;
        }
        let fd = (loss_plus - loss0) / eps;
        assert!(
            (fd - dw[(0, 1)]).abs() < 1e-2,
            "fd {fd} vs analytic {}",
            dw[(0, 1)]
        );
    }

    #[test]
    fn layer_norm_backward_matches_finite_difference() {
        let x = Array::from_shape_vec((1, 1, 4), vec![1.0_f32, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0]).unwrap();
        let gamma = vec![1.0_f32; 4];
        let dy = array![[[0.5_f32, -0.25, 1.0, 0.75]]];
        let (dx, dg, _db) = layer_norm_backward(x.view(), &gamma, dy.view(), 1e-5);
        // Use FD on dx[0,0,2].
        let eps = 1e-3_f32;
        let y0 = crate::layers::layer_norm_last(x.view(), &gamma, None, 1e-5);
        let mut x_plus = x.clone();
        x_plus[(0, 0, 2)] += eps;
        let yp = crate::layers::layer_norm_last(x_plus.view(), &gamma, None, 1e-5);
        let mut l0 = 0.0_f32;
        let mut lp = 0.0_f32;
        for (a, g) in y0.iter().zip(dy.iter()) {
            l0 += a * g;
        }
        for (a, g) in yp.iter().zip(dy.iter()) {
            lp += a * g;
        }
        let fd = (lp - l0) / eps;
        assert!(
            (fd - dx[(0, 0, 2)]).abs() < 1e-2,
            "fd {fd} vs analytic {}",
            dx[(0, 0, 2)]
        );
        assert_eq!(dg.len(), 4);
    }

    #[test]
    fn softmax_backward_sums_to_zero_per_row() {
        // d/d(logits)[k] of sum(softmax(logits)) = 0 — so for uniform dy
        // each row's gradient should sum to ~0.
        let probs = array![[[0.2_f32, 0.5, 0.3], [0.1, 0.7, 0.2]]];
        let dy = array![[[1.0_f32, 1.0, 1.0], [1.0, 1.0, 1.0]]];
        let dx = softmax_backward_last(probs.view(), dy.view());
        for ti in 0..2 {
            let row_sum: f32 = (0..3).map(|k| dx[(0, ti, k)]).sum();
            assert!(row_sum.abs() < 1e-5, "row {ti} sum {row_sum}");
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn cross_entropy_softmax_backward_matches_formula() {
        let probs = array![[0.7_f32, 0.2, 0.1], [0.1, 0.8, 0.1]];
        let labels = vec![0_usize, 1];
        let grad = cross_entropy_softmax_backward(probs.view(), &labels);
        // Row 0: probs - one_hot(0) = [-0.3, 0.2, 0.1], divided by n=2.
        assert!((grad[(0, 0)] - (-0.15)).abs() < 1e-5);
        assert!((grad[(0, 1)] - 0.1).abs() < 1e-5);
        assert!((grad[(0, 2)] - 0.05).abs() < 1e-5);
    }

    #[test]
    fn mlp_block_full_backbone_sgd_reduces_loss() {
        // Build a tiny non-linear target: y = ReLU-ish combination of x.
        // The MLP should learn it via SGD across all parameters
        // (W1, b1, W2, b2, γ, β).
        let in_dim = 4;
        let hidden = 8;
        let out_dim = 2;
        let n = 32;
        let x = ndarray::Array::from_shape_fn((1, n, in_dim), |(_, i, j)| {
            ((i * in_dim + j) as f32) * 0.05 - 0.8
        });
        let target = ndarray::Array::from_shape_fn((1, n, out_dim), |(_, i, j)| {
            if j == 0 {
                (x[(0, i, 0)] * 2.0 + x[(0, i, 1)]).tanh()
            } else {
                (x[(0, i, 2)] - x[(0, i, 3)]).max(0.0)
            }
        });
        let mut block = MlpBlock::new(in_dim, hidden, out_dim);
        let l0 = block.sgd_step(x.view(), target.view(), 0.05);
        let mut last = l0;
        for _ in 0..200 {
            last = block.sgd_step(x.view(), target.view(), 0.05);
        }
        assert!(
            last < l0 * 0.5,
            "full-backbone MLP SGD did not reduce loss: l0={l0} last={last}"
        );
    }

    #[test]
    fn linear_layer_sgd_reduces_mse() {
        // y = W·x with target W having known values; SGD should learn it.
        let in_dim = 3;
        let out_dim = 2;
        let n = 16;
        let target_w = ndarray::Array::from_shape_vec(
            (out_dim, in_dim),
            vec![1.0_f32, -2.0, 0.5, 0.3, 1.5, -1.0],
        )
        .unwrap();
        let x = ndarray::Array::from_shape_fn((1, n, in_dim), |(_, i, j)| {
            (i as f32) * 0.1 + (j as f32) * 0.2 - 1.0
        });
        // Build target output.
        let mut y = ndarray::Array3::<f32>::zeros((1, n, out_dim));
        for i in 0..n {
            for o in 0..out_dim {
                let mut s = 0.0_f32;
                for j in 0..in_dim {
                    s += target_w[(o, j)] * x[(0, i, j)];
                }
                y[(0, i, o)] = s;
            }
        }
        let mut layer = LinearLayer::new(out_dim, in_dim);
        let l0 = layer.sgd_step(x.view(), y.view(), 0.1);
        let mut last = l0;
        for _ in 0..40 {
            last = layer.sgd_step(x.view(), y.view(), 0.1);
        }
        assert!(
            last < l0 * 0.1,
            "linear SGD did not reduce loss: l0={l0} last={last}"
        );
    }

    #[test]
    fn mse_backward_matches_formula() {
        let pred = [1.0_f32, 2.0, 3.0];
        let target = [0.0_f32, 2.0, 4.0];
        let grad = mse_backward(&pred, &target);
        // 2/3 * (pred - target) = [2/3, 0, -2/3]
        assert!((grad[0] - 2.0 / 3.0).abs() < 1e-5);
        assert!(grad[1].abs() < 1e-5);
        assert!((grad[2] - -2.0 / 3.0).abs() < 1e-5);
    }
}