a = Value(2.0) b = Value(3.0) c = a * b # c = 6.0 L = c + a # L = 8.0 L.backward() print(a.grad) # 4.0 (dL/da = b + 1 = 3 + 1, via both paths) print(b.grad) # 2.0 (dL/db = a = 2)