Hello everyone,
I try to plot the digamma function of (1/2 + 1/x) but I’m not sure that I’m plotting the good one.
I’ve tried:
special.polygamma(0, (1/2 + 1/x))
and
special.polygamma(1, (1/2 + 1/x))
but I don’t have the same result as with mathcad.
I’ve tried to code it like that:
def F(x): return mpmath.diff(lambda x: gamma(1/2 + 1/x),1)/gamma(1/2 + 1/x)
But It returns zero division error even when x is in ]0,1]
Any idea?
Hello everyone,
I try to plot the digamma function of (1/2 + 1/x) but I'm not sure that I'm
plotting the good one.I've tried:
special.polygamma(0, (1/2 + 1/x))
and
special.polygamma(1, (1/2 + 1/x))
You want special.polygamma(0, (1/2 + 1/x)). See
http://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/generated/scipy.special.polygamma.html
The number specifies which derivative of the digamma function you want.
Surely you want the 0th derivative?
But It returns zero division error even when x is in ]0,1]
I think it blows up at x = 0. What is the type of x in your usecase? Is
it an array? If x contains the element 0, you will get a zero
division error. You could try plotting the points explicitly:
from numpy import linspace
from pylab import *
x = linspace(0.5, 2, num=100, endpoint=True)
y = special.polygamma(0, (1/2 + 1/x))
plot(x, y)
show()
You can compare output against this:
Hope this helps.
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 12:27:59PM +0200, Fabien Lafont wrote:
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Another problem might be the “1/2” part, which in python2.x would yield 0 unless one does “from future import division”.
Ben Root
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 7:05 AM, Damon McDougall <damon.mcdougall@…287…> wrote:
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 12:27:59PM +0200, Fabien Lafont wrote:
Hello everyone,
I try to plot the digamma function of (1/2 + 1/x) but I’m not sure that I’m
plotting the good one.
I’ve tried:
special.polygamma(0, (1/2 + 1/x))
and
special.polygamma(1, (1/2 + 1/x))
You want special.polygamma(0, (1/2 + 1/x)). See
http://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/generated/scipy.special.polygamma.html
The number specifies which derivative of the digamma function you want.
Surely you want the 0th derivative?
But It returns zero division error even when x is in ]0,1]
I think it blows up at x = 0. What is the type of x in your usecase? Is
it an array? If x contains the element 0, you will get a zero
division error. You could try plotting the points explicitly:
from numpy import linspace
from pylab import *
x = linspace(0.5, 2, num=100, endpoint=True)
y = special.polygamma(0, (1/2 + 1/x))
plot(x, y)
show()
You can compare output against this:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=digamma%281%2F2+%2B+1%2Fx%29+between+0.5+and+2
Hope this helps.
Wow, I can't believe I didn't spot that. Nice one.
I will update my answer according to Ben's astute observation:
from scipy import special
from pylab import *
x = linspace(0.5, 2.0, num=100, endpoint=True)
y = special.polygamma(0, 0.5 + 1.0/x)
plot(x, y)
show()
Thanks Ben.
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 08:57:24AM -0400, Benjamin Root wrote:
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 7:05 AM, Damon McDougall > <damon.mcdougall@...287...>wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 12:27:59PM +0200, Fabien Lafont wrote:
>
> > But It returns zero division error even when x is in ]0,1]
>
> I think it blows up at x = 0. What is the type of x in your usecase? Is
> it an array? If x contains the element 0, you will get a zero
> division error. You could try plotting the points explicitly:
>
Another problem might be the "1/2" part, which in python2.x would yield 0
unless one does "from __future__ import division".Ben Root
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B2.39
Mathematics Institute
University of Warwick
Coventry
West Midlands
CV4 7AL
United Kingdom
Thanks! The problem came from the 1/2 ! For convenience I’ve found the function digamma on numpy
http://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/generated/scipy.special.psi.html
But it’s quite hard to find it! Maybe we can ask to add digamma in the title between parenthesis?
Fabien
2012/7/10 Damon McDougall <damon.mcdougall@…287…>
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 08:57:24AM -0400, Benjamin Root wrote:
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 7:05 AM, Damon McDougall > > > <damon.mcdougall@…1003…7…>wrote:
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 12:27:59PM +0200, Fabien Lafont wrote:
But It returns zero division error even when x is in ]0,1]
I think it blows up at x = 0. What is the type of x in your usecase? Is
it an array? If x contains the element 0, you will get a zero
division error. You could try plotting the points explicitly:
Another problem might be the “1/2” part, which in python2.x would yield 0
unless one does “from future import division”.
Ben Root
Wow, I can’t believe I didn’t spot that. Nice one.
I will update my answer according to Ben’s astute observation:
from scipy import special
from pylab import *
x = linspace(0.5, 2.0, num=100, endpoint=True)
y = special.polygamma(0, 0.5 + 1.0/x)
plot(x, y)
show()
Thanks Ben.
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Damon McDougall
B2.39
Mathematics Institute
University of Warwick
Coventry
West Midlands
CV4 7AL
United Kingdom