Vectorization

Hi all,

I don’t really know where to ask, so here it is.

I was able to vectorize the normalization calculation in quantum mechanics: <phi|phi>. Basically it’s a volume integral of a scalar field. Using:

norm = 0.0
for i in numpy.arange(len(dx)-1):
for j in numpy.arange(len(dy)-1):

    for k in numpy.arange(len(dz)-1):
        norm += psi[k,j,i]**2 * dx[i] * dy[j] * dz[k]

if dead slow. I replaced that with:

norm = (psi**2 * dx*dy[:,numpy.newaxis]*dz[:,numpy.newaxis,numpy.newaxis]).sum()
which is almost instantanious.

I want to do the same for the calculation of the kinetic energy: <phi|p^2|phi>/2m. There is a laplacian in the volume integral which complicates things:

K = 0.0
for i in numpy.arange(len(dx)-1):
for j in numpy.arange(len(dy)-1):
for k in numpy.arange(len(dz)-1):

        K += -0.5 * m * phi[k,j,i] * (
              (phi[k,j,i-1] - 2.0*phi[k,j,i] + phi[k,j,i+1]) / dx[i]**2
            + (phi[k,j-1,i] - 2.0*phi[k,j,i] + phi[k,j+1,i]) / dy[j]**2
            + (phi[k-1,j,i] - 2.0*phi[k,j,i] + phi[k+1,j,i]) / dz[k]**2


        )

My question is, how would I vectorize such loops? I don’t know how I would manage the “numpy.newaxis” code-foo with neighbours dependency… Any idea?

Thanx!