NumPy: geomspace() function

Last update on May 28 2022 11:21:07 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

numpy.geomspace() function

The geomspace() function is used to get numbers spaced evenly on a log scale (a geometric progression).
This is similar to logspace, but with endpoints specified directly. Each output sample is a constant multiple of the previous.

Syntax:

numpy.geomspace(start, stop, num=50, endpoint=True, dtype=None)

Version: 1.15.0

Parameter:

Name	Description	Required / Optional
start	The starting value of the sequence.	Required
stop	The final value of the sequence, unless endpoint is False. In that case, num + 1 values are spaced over the interval in log-space, of which all but the last (a sequence of length num) are returned.	Required
num	Number of samples to generate. Default is 50.	Optional
endpoint	If True, stop is the last sample. Otherwise, it is not included. Default is True.	Optional
dtype	The type of the output array. If dtype is not given, infer the data type from the other input arguments.

Return value:

ndarray - num samples, equally spaced on a log scale.

Example-1: NumPy.geomspace() function

>>> import numpy as np
>>> np.geomspace(1, 1000, num=4)
array([    1.,    10.,   100.,  1000.])
>>> np.geomspace(1, 1000, num=3, endpoint=False)
array([   1.,   10.,  100.])
>>> np.geomspace(1, 1000, num=4, endpoint=False)
array([   1.        ,    5.62341325,   31.6227766 ,  177.827941  ])
>>> np.geomspace(1, 256, num=9)
array([   1.,    2.,    4.,    8.,   16.,   32.,   64.,  128.,  256.])

Pictorial Presentation:

Example-2: NumPy.geomspace() method

>>> import numpy as np
>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>>> N = 10
>>> y = np.zeros(N)
>>> plt.semilogx(np.geomspace(1, 1000, N, endpoint=True), y + 1, 'o')
>>> plt.semilogx(np.geomspace(1, 1000, N, endpoint=False), y + 2, 'o')
>>> plt.axis([0.5, 2000, 0, 3])
>>> plt.grid(True, color='0.7', linestyle='-', which='both', axis='both')
>>> plt.show()

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