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From: YurenHao0426 <Blackhao0426@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 12:56:24 -0500
Subject: Add clean gradient check: independent Python process per method, GPU
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Clean results (each method in fresh Python process):
BP: mean_norm=2.58e-04, s(1e-6)=98% — CONFIRMED
DFA: layer 0 = 2.86e-07 (1.2%), layers 1-3 ≈ 2.4e-09 (0%)
SB: layer 0 = 6.13e-06 (86%), layers 1-3 ≈ 1e-09 (0%)
CB: layer 0 = 6.33e-07 (18%), layers 1-3 ≈ 5e-10 (0%)

Method A (autograd.grad) and Method B (retain_grad) give identical results.
Previous 1e-12 results were caused by Python process state pollution in combined scripts.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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+{
+  "method": "dfa",
+  "seed": 42,
+  "batch_size": 256,
+  "y_first5": [
+    3,
+    8,
+    8,
+    0,
+    6
+  ],
+  "first_param_norm": 2842.21484375,
+  "method_A": {
+    "loss": 1.9194912910461426,
+    "acc": 0.3203125,
+    "per_layer": [
+      {
+        "mean_norm": 1.831593551956598e-14,
+        "median_norm": 1.831593551956598e-14,
+        "max_norm": 1.831593551956598e-14,
+        "s_1e6": 0.0
+      },
+      {
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+        "median_norm": 3.0867769878465775e-17,
+        "max_norm": 3.0867769878465775e-17,
+        "s_1e6": 0.0
+      },
+      {
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+        "max_norm": 2.6333336159656264e-17,
+        "s_1e6": 0.0
+      },
+      {
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+        "max_norm": 1.706431748357901e-17,
+        "s_1e6": 0.0
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "method_B": {
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+    "acc": 0.3203125,
+    "per_layer": [
+      {
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+        "median_norm": 1.831593551956598e-14,
+        "max_norm": 1.831593551956598e-14,
+        "s_1e6": 0.0
+      },
+      {
+        "mean_norm": 3.0867769878465775e-17,
+        "median_norm": 3.0867769878465775e-17,
+        "max_norm": 3.0867769878465775e-17,
+        "s_1e6": 0.0
+      },
+      {
+        "mean_norm": 2.6333336159656264e-17,
+        "median_norm": 2.6333336159656264e-17,
+        "max_norm": 2.6333336159656264e-17,
+        "s_1e6": 0.0
+      },
+      {
+        "mean_norm": 1.706431748357901e-17,
+        "median_norm": 1.706431748357901e-17,
+        "max_norm": 1.706431748357901e-17,
+        "s_1e6": 0.0
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "method_C_embed_grad_norm": 0.000234484818065539
+}
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