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# TSSetCostGradients
Sets the initial value of the gradients of the cost function w.r.t. initial values and w.r.t. the problem parameters for use by the `TS` adjoint routines.
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscts.h"
PetscErrorCode TSSetCostGradients(TS ts, PetscInt numcost, Vec *lambda, Vec *mu)
```
Logically Collective
## Input Parameters
- ***ts -*** the `TS` context obtained from `TSCreate()`
- ***numcost -*** number of gradients to be computed, this is the number of cost functions
- ***lambda -*** gradients with respect to the initial condition variables, the dimension and parallel layout of these vectors is the same as the ODE solution vector
- ***mu -*** gradients with respect to the parameters, the number of entries in these vectors is the same as the number of parameters
## Notes
the entries in these vectors must be correctly initialized with the values lambda_i = df/dy|finaltime mu_i = df/dp|finaltime
After `TSAdjointSolve()` is called the lambda and the mu contain the computed sensitivities
## See Also
`TS`, `TSAdjointSolve()`, `TSGetCostGradients()`
## Level
beginner
## Location
src/ts/interface/sensitivity/tssen.c
## Examples
src/tao/unconstrained/tutorials/burgers_spectral.c
src/tao/unconstrained/tutorials/spectraladjointassimilation.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex20adj.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex20opt_ic.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex20opt_p.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex20td.c
src/ts/tutorials/ex23fwdadj.c
src/ts/tutorials/extchem.c
src/ts/tutorials/extchemfield.c
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