[SciPy-User] numpy array root operation

[Oleksandr Huziy]

Maybe like this,


>>> import numpy as np
>>> x = np.array([-81,25])
>>> np.sign(x) * np.absolute(x) ** (1.0/5.0)
array([-2.40822469,  1.90365394])
>>> np.sign(x) * np.absolute(x) ** (1.0/2.0)
array([-9.,  5.])

try this way and you'll be also in trouble
(-32)**(1.0/5.0)

Cheers
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Oleksandr Huziy

2012/3/21 Odin Den <hate_pod at yahoo.com>:
> Hi,
> 5th root of -32 can be computed correctly as follows:
>>>> -32**(1/5)
>>>> -2.0
>
> However, when I try to perform same operation on numpy arrays I get
> the following:
>>>> array([-32])**(1/5)
>>>> array([ nan])
>
> Is there anyway to compute roots of numpy arrays? I have a huge matrix which
> contains both negative and positive values. What is the easiest way of making
> python compute the "nth" roots of each element of this matrix without knowing
> the value of "n" a priory?
>
>
>
>
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