orthopy

Orthogonal polynomials for Python

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All about orthogonal polynomials.

orthopy provides various orthogonal polynomial classes for lines, triangles, disks, spheres, n-cubes, the nD space with weight function exp(-r²) and more. All computations are done using numerically stable recurrence schemes. Furthermore, all functions are fully vectorized and can return results in exact arithmetic.

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pip install orthopy

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plm add <your-license-key>

on your machine and you're good to go.

For commercial use, please contact support@mondaytech.com.

Basic usage

The main function of all submodules is the iterator Eval which evaluates the series of orthogonal polynomials with increasing degree at given points using a recurrence relation, e.g.,

import orthopy

x = 0.5

evaluator = orthopy.c1.legendre.Eval(x, "classical")
for _ in range(5):
     print(next(evaluator))

1.0          # P_0(0.5)
0.5          # P_1(0.5)
-0.125       # P_2(0.5)
-0.4375      # P_3(0.5)
-0.2890625   # P_4(0.5)

Other ways of getting the first n items are

evaluator = Eval(x, "normal")
vals = [next(evaluator) for _ in range(n)]

import itertools
vals = list(itertools.islice(Eval(x, "normal"), n))

Instead of evaluating at only one point, you can provide any array for x; the polynomials will then be evaluated for all points at once. You can also use sympy for symbolic computation:

import itertools
import orthopy
import sympy

x = sympy.Symbol("x")

evaluator = orthopy.c1.legendre.Eval(x, "classical")
for val in itertools.islice(evaluator, 5):
     print(sympy.expand(val))

1
x
3*x**2/2 - 1/2
5*x**3/2 - 3*x/2
35*x**4/8 - 15*x**2/4 + 3/8

All Eval methods have a scaling argument which can have three values:

"monic": The leading coefficient is 1.
"classical": The maximum value is 1 (or (n+alpha over n)).
"normal": The integral of the squared function over the domain is 1.

For univariate ("one-dimensional") integrals, every new iteration contains one function. For bivariate ("two-dimensional") domains, every level will contain one function more than the previous, and similarly for multivariate families. See the tree plots below.

Line segment (-1, +1) with weight function (1-x)^α (1+x)^β


Legendre	Chebyshev 1	Chebyshev 2

Jacobi, Gegenbauer (α=β), Chebyshev 1 (α=β=-1/2), Chebyshev 2 (α=β=1/2), Legendre (α=β=0) polynomials.

import orthopy

orthopy.c1.legendre.Eval(x, "normal")
orthopy.c1.chebyshev1.Eval(x, "normal")
orthopy.c1.chebyshev2.Eval(x, "normal")
orthopy.c1.gegenbauer.Eval(x, "normal", lmbda)
orthopy.c1.jacobi.Eval(x, "normal", alpha, beta)

The plots above are generated with

import orthopy

orthopy.c1.jacobi.show(5, "normal", 0.0, 0.0)
# plot, savefig also exist

Recurrence coefficients can be explicitly retrieved by

import orthopy

rc = orthopy.c1.jacobi.RecurrenceCoefficients(
    "monic",  # or "classical", "normal"
    alpha=0, beta=0, symbolic=True
)
print(rc.p0)
for k in range(5):
    print(rc[k])

1
(1, 0, None)
(1, 0, 1/3)
(1, 0, 4/15)
(1, 0, 9/35)
(1, 0, 16/63)

1D half-space with weight function x^α exp(-r)

(Generalized) Laguerre polynomials.

evaluator = orthopy.e1r.Eval(x, alpha=0, scaling="normal")

1D space with weight function exp(-r²)

Hermite polynomials come in two standardizations:

"physicists" (against the weight function exp(-x ** 2)
"probabilists" (against the weight function 1 / sqrt(2 * pi) * exp(-x ** 2 / 2)

evaluator = orthopy.e1r2.Eval(
    x,
    "probabilists",  # or "physicists"
    "normal"
)

Associated Legendre "polynomials"

Not all of those are polynomials, so they should really be called associated Legendre functions. The kth iteration contains 2k+1 functions, indexed from -k to k. (See the color grouping in the above plot.)

evaluator = orthopy.c1.associated_legendre.Eval(
    x, phi=None, standardization="natural", with_condon_shortley_phase=True
)

Triangle (T₂)

orthopy's triangle orthogonal polynomials are evaluated in terms of barycentric coordinates, so the X.shape[0] has to be 3.

import orthopy

bary = [0.1, 0.7, 0.2]
evaluator = orthopy.t2.Eval(bary, "normal")

Disk (S₂)


Xu	Zernike	Zernike 2

orthopy contains several families of orthogonal polynomials on the unit disk: After Xu, Zernike, and a simplified version of Zernike polynomials.

import orthopy

x = [0.1, -0.3]

evaluator = orthopy.s2.xu.Eval(x, "normal")
# evaluator = orthopy.s2.zernike.Eval(x, "normal")
# evaluator = orthopy.s2.zernike2.Eval(x, "normal")

Sphere (U₃)

Complex-valued spherical harmonics, (black=zero, green=real positive, pink=real negative, blue=imaginary positive, yellow=imaginary negative). The functions in the middle are real-valued. The complex angle takes n turns on the nth level.

evaluator = orthopy.u3.EvalCartesian(
    x,
    scaling="quantum mechanic"  # or "acoustic", "geodetic", "schmidt"
)

evaluator = orthopy.u3.EvalSpherical(
    theta_phi,  # polar, azimuthal angles
    scaling="quantum mechanic"  # or "acoustic", "geodetic", "schmidt"
)

n-Cube (C_n)


C₁ (Legendre)	C₂	C₃

Jacobi product polynomials. All polynomials are normalized on the n-dimensional cube. The dimensionality is determined by X.shape[0].

evaluator = orthopy.cn.Eval(X, alpha=0, beta=0)
values, degrees = next(evaluator)

nD space with weight function exp(-r²) (E_n^r²)


E₁^r²	E₂^r²	E₃^r²

Hermite product polynomials. All polynomials are normalized over the measure. The dimensionality is determined by X.shape[0].

evaluator = orthopy.enr2.Eval(
    x,
    standardization="probabilists"  # or "physicists"
)
values, degrees = next(evaluator)

Other tools

Generating recurrence coefficients for 1D domains with Stieltjes, Golub-Welsch, Chebyshev, and modified Chebyshev.
The the sanity of recurrence coefficients with test 3 from Gautschi's article: computing the weighted sum of orthogonal polynomials:
```
orthopy.tools.gautschi_test_3(moments, alpha, beta)
```
Clenshaw algorithm for computing the weighted sum of orthogonal polynomials:
```
vals = orthopy.c1.clenshaw(a, alpha, beta, t)
```

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Line segment (-1, +1) with weight function (1-x)α (1+x)β

1D half-space with weight function xα exp(-r)

1D space with weight function exp(-r2)

Associated Legendre "polynomials"

Triangle (T2)

Disk (S2)

Sphere (U3)

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nD space with weight function exp(-r2) (Enr2)

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Line segment (-1, +1) with weight function (1-x)^α (1+x)^β

1D half-space with weight function x^α exp(-r)

1D space with weight function exp(-r²)

Triangle (T₂)

Disk (S₂)

Sphere (U₃)

n-Cube (C_n)

nD space with weight function exp(-r²) (E_n^r²)