Index

A

• Airy function
  • about / Airy and Bairy functions
• Anaconda
  • URL / Installing SciPy
• array conversions / Array conversions
• array manipulation
  • array routines, used for / Routines for array manipulation
• array object
  • about / The array object
  • array conversions / Array conversions
  • shape, selecting / Shape selection/manipulations
  • shape, manipulating / Shape selection/manipulations
  • object calculations / Object calculations
• array routines
  • about / Array routines
  • used, for creating arrays / Routines to create arrays
  • used, for combining multiple arrays / Routines for the combination of two or more arrays
  • used, for array manipulation / Routines for array manipulation
  • used, for extracting information from arrays / Routines to extract information from arrays
• arrays
  • indexing / Indexing and slicing arrays
  • slicing / Indexing and slicing arrays
  • creating, array routines used / Routines to create arrays

B

• Bairy function
  • about / Airy and Bairy functions
• Bessel function
  • about / The Bessel and Struve functions
• beta integral / Gamma and beta integrals
• Biggles
  • URL / What is SciPy?
• Bray-Curtis / Distances
• Butterworth filters / Filter design

C

• C/C++
  • interacting with / Interaction with C/C++
  • formats / Interaction with C/C++
• C/C++, parameters
  • code parameter / Interaction with C/C++
  • arg_names parameter / Interaction with C/C++
  • local_dict parameter / Interaction with C/C++
  • global_dict parameter / Interaction with C/C++
  • force parameter / Interaction with C/C++
• Canberra / Distances
• Chaco
  • URL / What is SciPy?
• Chebyshev / Distances
• Chi-square test
  • about / Interval estimation, correlation measures, and statistical tests
• clustering
  • about / Clustering
  • vector quantization / Vector quantization and k-means
  • k-means / Vector quantization and k-means
  • hierarchical clustering / Hierarchical clustering
  • mammals, clustering by dentition / Clustering mammals by their dentition
• convenience functions
  • and test functions / Convenience and test functions

D

• datatype
  • using / Using datatypes
• Delaunay triangulation
  • about / Interaction with MATLAB/Octave
• descriptive statistics
  • about / Descriptive statistics
• DFT
  • about / Discrete Fourier Transforms
• distances, data mining
  • about / Distances
• distribution fitting
  • about / Distribution fitting
• distributions
  • about / Distributions
• documentation
  • finding / How to find documentation

E

• Eigenvalue problems / Eigenvalue problems and matrix decompositions
• elliptic integrals / Elliptic integrals
• empty command / Routines to create arrays
• Enthought
  • URL / Installing SciPy
• exponential integral / Exponential/logarithm integrals

F

• filters
  • about / Filters
  • LTI system theory / The LTI system theory
  • design / Filter design, Window functions
  • image interpolation / Image interpolation
  • morphology / Morphology
• finite element solver
  • for Laplace's equation / A finite element solver for Laplace's equation
• Finite impulse response (FIR) / Filter design
• Fortran
  • interacting with / Interaction with Fortran
• functions
  • evaluating / The evaluation of special functions
  • gamma function / The gamma function
  • Riemann zeta function / The Riemann zeta function
  • Bairy function / Airy and Bairy functions
  • Airy function / Airy and Bairy functions
  • Bessel function / The Bessel and Struve functions
  • Struve function / The Bessel and Struve functions
  • special functions / Other special functions
  • elliptic functions / Other special functions

G

• gamma function
  • about / The gamma function
• gamma integral / Gamma and beta integrals
• GNU Octave system
  • about / What is SciPy?
• Gohlke
  • URL / Installing SciPy

H

• HAADF-STEM
  • about / The structural model of oxides
  • URL / The structural model of oxides
• Hamming / Distances
• hierarchical clustering / Hierarchical clustering
• HippoDraw
  • URL / What is SciPy?
• Horner scheme
  • URL / The evaluation of special functions
• hyperbolic trigonometric integral / Trigonometric and hyperbolic trigonometric integrals

I

• identity command / Routines to create arrays
• image compression
  • via SVD / Image compression via the singular value decomposition
• image interpolation / Image interpolation
• Infinite impulse response (IIR) / Filter design
• integration
  • about / Integration
  • exponential integral / Exponential/logarithm integrals
  • logarithm integral / Exponential/logarithm integrals
  • trigonometric integral / Trigonometric and hyperbolic trigonometric integrals
  • hyperbolic trigonometric integral / Trigonometric and hyperbolic trigonometric integrals
  • elliptic integrals / Elliptic integrals
  • gamma integral / Gamma and beta integrals
  • beta integral / Gamma and beta integrals
  • numerical integration / Numerical integration
• interpolation
  • about / Interpolation
• interval estimation
  • about / Interval estimation, correlation measures, and statistical tests
• IPython Notebook
  • URL / How to open IPython Notebooks
• IPython Notebooks
  • opening / How to open IPython Notebooks

J

• Jaccard-Needham / Distances

K

• kernel density estimation
  • about / Distribution fitting
• Kolmogorov / Filters
• Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests
  • about / Interval estimation, correlation measures, and statistical tests
• KroghInterpolator command / Interpolation
• Kulsinski / Distances

L

• Laplace's equation
  • finite element solver, used for / A finite element solver for Laplace's equation
• Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm / Regression
• logarithm integral / Exponential/logarithm integrals
• Lorenz attractors / Lorenz attractors
• LTI system theory / The LTI system theory

M

• Mac OS X
  • SciPy, installing on / Installing SciPy on Mac OS X
• Mahalanobis / Distances
• mammals
  • clustering, by dentition / Clustering mammals by their dentition
• Manhattan / Distances
• Maple
  • about / What is SciPy?
• masking / Routines to create arrays
• Mathematica
  • about / What is SciPy?
• MATLAB
  • about / What is SciPy?
• MATLAB/Octave
  • interacting with / Interaction with MATLAB/Octave
• matplotlib
  • about / What is SciPy?
• matrix
  • creating / Creating a matrix
• matrix decompositions / Eigenvalue problems and matrix decompositions
  • Pivoted LU decomposition / Eigenvalue problems and matrix decompositions
  • singular value decomposition / Eigenvalue problems and matrix decompositions
  • cholesky decomposition / Eigenvalue problems and matrix decompositions
  • QR and QZ decompositions / Eigenvalue problems and matrix decompositions
  • Schur decomposition / Eigenvalue problems and matrix decompositions
  • Hessenberg decomposition / Eigenvalue problems and matrix decompositions
• matrix methods
  • about / Matrix methods
  • operations between matrices / Operations between matrices
  • functions, on matrices / Functions on matrices
  • Eigenvalue problems / Eigenvalue problems and matrix decompositions
  • matrix decompositions / Eigenvalue problems and matrix decompositions
  • image compression, via SVD / Image compression via the singular value decomposition
  • solvers / Solvers
• MayaVi
  • URL / What is SciPy?
• morphology / Morphology
• multiple arrays
  • combining, array routines used / Routines for the combination of two or more arrays

N

• Niobium oxide / The structural model of oxides
• numerical integration / Numerical integration

O

• object calculations / Object calculations
• object essentials
  • about / Object essentials
• ones command / Routines to create arrays
• optimal weighings
  • example / Creating a matrix
• optimization
  • about / Optimization
  • minimization, issues / Minimization
  • roots / Roots
• orthonormal basis
  • creating / Operations between matrices

P

• PCHIP monotonic cubic interpolation (pchip) / Interpolation
• Pearson correlation coefficient
  • about / Interval estimation, correlation measures, and statistical tests
• Pearson kurtosis / How to find documentation
• PIL
  • URL / What is SciPy?
• Plotly
  • URL / What is SciPy?
• point biserial correlation
  • about / Interval estimation, correlation measures, and statistical tests
• polynomials
  • about / Univariate polynomials
• Portable Network Graphics (PNG) / Scientific visualization
• Python
  • formats / Interaction with C/C++
• Python Imaging Library (PIL) / Signal construction

R

• rank-order correlation
  • about / Interval estimation, correlation measures, and statistical tests
• regression
  • about / Regression
• Riemann zeta function
  • about / The Riemann zeta function
• RPy
  • URL / What is SciPy?
• Runge-Kutta method / Ordinary differential equations

S

• Sage (System for Algebra and Geometry Experimentation) / What is SciPy?
• scientific visualization
  • about / Scientific visualization
• SciPy
  • about / What is SciPy?
  • characteristics / What is SciPy?
  • installing / Installing SciPy
  • installing, on Mac OS X / Installing SciPy on Mac OS X
  • installing, on Unix/Linux / Installing SciPy on Unix/Linux
  • installing, on Windows / Installing SciPy on Windows
  • ordinary differential equations / Ordinary differential equations
  • methods / Hierarchical clustering
• scipy.special module / Univariate polynomials
• SciPy installation
  • testing / Testing the SciPy installation
• SciPy mailing list
  • URL / Testing the SciPy installation
• SciPy organization
  • about / SciPy organization
• signal construction
  • about / Signal construction
• slicing
  • about / Indexing and slicing arrays
• Sobel algorithm / Filters
• SourceForge
  • URL / Installing SciPy
• sparse matrix
  • URL / Creating a matrix
• Spence's integral / Exponential/logarithm integrals
• structural model, of oxides
  • about / The structural model of oxides
• Struve function
  • about / The Bessel and Struve functions
• SVD
  • image compression, via / Image compression via the singular value decomposition
• SWIG
  • about / Interaction with C/C++
  • URL / Interaction with C/C++

T

• t-tests
  • about / Interval estimation, correlation measures, and statistical tests
• test functions
  • and convenience function / Convenience and test functions
• trigonometric integral / Trigonometric and hyperbolic trigonometric integrals

U

• univariate splines (InterpolatedUnivariateSpline). / Interpolation
• Unix/Linux
  • SciPy, installing on / Installing SciPy on Unix/Linux

V

• vector
  • creating / Vector creation
• vector operations
  • about / Vector operations
  • addition / Addition/subtraction
  • subtraction / Addition/subtraction
  • scalar product / Scalar/Dot product
  • dot product / Scalar/Dot product
  • cross product / Cross/Vector product – on three-dimensional space vectors
  • vector product / Cross/Vector product – on three-dimensional space vectors

W

• Wakari
  • URL / How to open IPython Notebooks
• warnings / Distances
• Wiener / Filters
• Windows
  • SciPy, installing on / Installing SciPy on Windows

Z

• zeros command / Routines to create arrays