Auxiliary Numeric Modules
Many other modules are built on top of Numeric
or cooperate with it. Some of these extra modules are included in the Numeric package, and their documentation is also part of Numeric
’s documentation. A rich collection of scientific and engineering computing tools that work with Numeric
is available at http://www.scipy.org; have a look at it if you are using Python for any kind of scientific or engineering computing.
Here are the key auxiliary modules that come with Numeric
:
MLab
MLab
supplies many Python functions, written on top ofNumeric
, but is similar in name and operation to functions supplied by the productMatlab
.FFT
FFT
supplies Python-callable Fast Fourier Transforms (FFTs) of data held inNumeric
arrays.FFT
can wrap either the well-known FFTPACK Fortran-coded library or the compatible C-coded fftpack library, which comes withFFT
.LinearAlgebra
LinearAlgebra
supplies Python-callable functions, operating on data held inNumeric
arrays, wrapping either the LAPACK Fortran-coded library or the compatible C-coded lapack_lite library.LinearAlgebra
lets you invert matrices, solve linear systems, compute eigenvalues and eigenvectors, perform singular value decomposition, and least-squares-solve overdetermined linear systems.RandomArray
RandomArray
supplies fast, high-quality pseudorandom number generators to buildNumeric
arrays with various random distributions.MA
MA
supports masked arrays (i.e., arrays that can have missing or invalid values).MA
supplies ...
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