To see automatic differentiation in use in an entirely different field, check out page 81 (PDF page 95) of Stephan Schlamminger's dissertation. http://www.schl

To see automatic differentiation in use in an entirely different field, check out page 81 (PDF page 95) of Stephan Schlamminger's dissertation. http://www.schlammi.com/pdf/diss.pdf http://www.schlammi.com/pdf/diss.pdf This radically simplified an extremely difficult calculation necessary for a measurement of Newton's gravitational constant. It is the only time I've ever seen automatic differentiation in use in physics.