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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def smoothing_cross_entropy_factored_grad(op, dy):
 """Gradient function for smoothing_cross_entropy_factored."""

  a = op.inputs[0]
  b = op.inputs[1]
  labels = op.inputs[2]
  confidence = op.inputs[3]
  num_splits = 16
  vocab_size = shape_list(b)[0]
  labels = approximate_split(labels, num_splits)
  a = approximate_split(a, num_splits)
  dy = approximate_split(dy, num_splits)
  b_grad = None
  a_grad_parts = []
  deps = []
  for part in range(num_splits):
    with tf.control_dependencies(deps):
      logits = tf.matmul(a[part], b, transpose_b=True)
      output_part = smoothing_cross_entropy(logits, labels[part], vocab_size,
                                            confidence)
      a_grad_part, b_grad_part = tf.gradients(
          ys=[output_part], xs=[a[part], b], grad_ys=[dy[part]])
      a_grad_parts.append(a_grad_part)
      if part > 0:
        b_grad += b_grad_part
      else:
        b_grad = b_grad_part
      deps = [b_grad, a_grad_part]
  a_grad = tf.concat(a_grad_parts, 0)
  return a_grad, b_grad, None, None