 ##  [Adjoint State Method](/index.php/adjoint-state-method) 

  ##  [Adjoint State Method](https://natural.quantumdictionary.io/adjoint-state-method-0) 

  
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Definition

A computational technique that computes gradients of an objective functional with respect to many parameters by solving an auxiliary (adjoint) partial differential equation derived from the Lagrangian of the forward problem.