I have:
import numpy as np
position = np.array([4, 4.34, 4.69, 5.02, 5.3, 5.7, ..., 4])
x = (B/position**2)*dt
A = np.cumsum(x)
assert A[0] == 0 # I want this to be true.
Where B and dt are scalar constants. This is for a numerical integration problem with initial condition of A[0] = 0. Is there a way to set A[0] = 0 and then do a cumsum for everything else?
I don't understand what exactly your problem is, but here are some things you can do to have A[0] = 0.
You can create A to be longer by one index to have the zero as the first entry:
# initialize example data
import numpy as np
B = 1
dt = 1
position = np.array([4, 4.34, 4.69, 5.02, 5.3, 5.7])
# do calculation
A = np.zeros(len(position) + 1)
A[1:] = np.cumsum((B/position**2)*dt)
Result:
A = [ 0. 0.0625 0.11559096 0.16105356 0.20073547 0.23633533 0.26711403]
len(A) == len(position) + 1
Alternatively, you can manipulate the calculation to substract the first entry of the result:
# initialize example data
import numpy as np
B = 1
dt = 1
position = np.array([4, 4.34, 4.69, 5.02, 5.3, 5.7])
# do calculation
A = np.cumsum((B/position**2)*dt)
A = A - A[0]
Result:
[ 0. 0.05309096 0.09855356 0.13823547 0.17383533 0.20461403]
len(A) == len(position)
As you see, the results have different lengths. Is one of them what you expect?
A wrapper around np.cumsum that sets first element to 0:
def cumsum(pmf):
cdf = np.empty(len(pmf) + 1, dtype=pmf.dtype)
cdf[0] = 0
np.cumsum(pmf, out=cdf[1:])
return cdf
Example usage:
>>> np.arange(1, 11)
array([ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10])
>>> cumsum(np.arange(1, 11))
array([ 0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 45, 55])
A wrapper around np.cumsum that sets first element to 0, and works with N-D arrays:
def cumsum(pmf, axis=None, dtype=None):
if axis is None:
pmf = pmf.reshape(-1)
axis = 0
if dtype is None:
dtype = pmf.dtype
idx = [slice(None)] * pmf.ndim
# Create array with extra element along cumsummed axis.
shape = list(pmf.shape)
shape[axis] += 1
cdf = np.empty(shape, dtype)
# Set first element to 0.
idx[axis] = 0
cdf[tuple(idx)] = 0
# Perform cumsum on remaining elements.
idx[axis] = slice(1, None)
np.cumsum(pmf, axis=axis, dtype=dtype, out=cdf[tuple(idx)])
return cdf
Example usage:
>>> np.arange(1, 11).reshape(2, 5)
array([[ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5],
[ 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]])
>>> cumsum(np.arange(1, 11).reshape(2, 5), axis=-1)
array([[ 0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15],
[ 0, 6, 13, 21, 30, 40]])
I totally understand your pain, I wonder why Numpy doesn't allow this with np.cumsum. Anyway, though I'm really late and there's already another good answer, I prefer this one a bit more:
np.cumsum(np.pad(array, (1, 0), "constant"))
where array in your case is (B/position**2)*dt. You can change the order of np.pad and np.cumsum as well. I'm just adding a zero to the start of the array and calling np.cumsum.
Another way is to simply add a 0 to the list on which you are performing the cumsum:
import numpy as np
position = np.array([4, 4.34, 4.69, 5.02, 5.3, 5.7, ..., 4])
x = (B/position**2)*dt
# A = np.cumsum([0] + x) # This works only if x is a list
A = np.concatenate([[0], np.cumsum(x)]) # Both with lists and np arrays
This works both if x is a list or a np.ndarray.
You can use roll (shift right by 1) and then set the first entry to zero.
