Searching for Roots¶

dcprogs.likelihood.find_roots(determinant, intervals=None, tolerance=1e-12, **kwargs)¶

Computes roots for each interval.

Parameters:

Parameters:	determinant – A function or functor of a single variable. intervals – A list of items [(a0, b0), ..., (a1, b1)], where (a, b) is the interval over which to look for roots. If this object is None (default), then uses `find_root_intervals()` to figure out the intervals. tolerance – Tolerance criteria. Used to determine multiplicity. kwargs – Passed on to `brentq()` and `find_root_intervals()`.
Returns:	A list of items (root, multiplicity).

determinant – A function or functor of a single variable.
intervals –
A list of items [(a0, b0), ..., (a1, b1)], where (a, b) is the interval over which to look for roots.

If this object is None (default), then uses find_root_intervals() to figure out the intervals.
tolerance – Tolerance criteria. Used to determine multiplicity.
kwargs – Passed on to brentq() and find_root_intervals().

Returns:

A list of items (root, multiplicity).

Bracketing all Roots¶

dcprogs.likelihood.find_lower_bound_for_roots(determinant, start=0.0, alpha=2.0, itermax=100)¶

Figures out lower bound for root.

The lower bound is obtained by iteratively checking the lowest eigenvalue $\epsilon_i^s$ of $H(s_i)$ , where $s_i$ is the guess at iteration $i$ . If the lowest eigenvalue is smaller than $s_i$ , then $s_{i+1} = \epsilon_i^s + \alpha(\epsilon_i^s - s_i)$ is created.

Parameters:	det (DeterminantEq) – Function for which to guess bound for lower root. start (Number) – Starting point. alpha (Number) – Factor from which to determine next best guess. itermax (Integer) – Maximum number of iterations before bailing out.

dcprogs.likelihood.find_upper_bound_for_roots(determinant, start=0.0, alpha=2.0, itermax=100)¶

Figures out upper bound for root.

The upper bound is obtained by iteratively checking the largest eigenvalue $\epsilon_i^s$ of $H(s_i)$ , where $s_i$ is the guess at iteration $i$ . If the largest eigenvalue is larger than $s_i$ , then $s_{i+1} = \epsilon_i^s + \alpha(\epsilon_i^s - s_i)$ is created.

Parameters:	det (DeterminantEq) – Function for which to guess bound for lower root. start (Number) – Starting point. alpha (Number) – Factor from which to determine next best guess. itermax (Integer) – Maximum number of iterations before bailing out.

Finding intervals for each root¶

dcprogs.likelihood.find_root_intervals(determinant, lower_bound=None, upper_bound=None, tolerance=1e-08)¶

Returns intervals for searching roots.

Finds a set of intervals between lower_bound and upper_bound, each containing a single root.

Parameters:	determinant – `DeterminantEq` instance for which to guess bound for lower root. lower_bound – Number Lower bound of the interval within which to search for roots. If None, the lower bound is determined using `find_lower_bound_for_roots()`. upper_bound (Number) – Upper bound of the interval within which to search for roots. If None, the upper bound is determined using `find_upper_bound_for_roots()`. tolerance (Number) – Size of the smallest possible intervals. Intervals smaller than this are likely to have multiple roots.
Raises :	ArithmeticError when NaN is encountered or when eigenvalue solver fails.
Returns:	A list [(a, b), multiplicity], where (a, b) denotes an interval, and multiplicity the multiplicity of the root. All roots with multiplicity $> 1$ will have a size of tolerance or smaller.

dcprogs.likelihood.find_root_intervals_brute_force(determinant, resolution=0.1, lower_bound=None, upper_bound=None, tolerance=1e-08)¶

Find intervals for roots using brute force.

Computes all values between lower_bound and upper_bound, for a given resolution. If the determinant changes sign between two values, or if it comes to within tolerance of zero, then the eigenvalues of H are used to determine possible multiplicity.

param determinant:

Instance of DeterminantEq for which to find root intervals

param Number resolution:

Resolution at which to sample interval.

param Number lower_bound:

Lower bound of interval. If None, then find_lower_bound_for_roots() is called.

param Number upper_bound:

Upper bound of interval. If None, then find_upper_bound_for_roots() is called.

param Number tolerance:

Tolerance below which the value of the determinant is considered close to zero.

raises: ArithmeticError when NaN is encountered or when eigenvalue solver fails.

param determinant:
	Instance of `DeterminantEq` for which to find root intervals
param Number resolution:
	Resolution at which to sample interval.
param Number lower_bound:
	Lower bound of interval. If None, then `find_lower_bound_for_roots()` is called.
param Number upper_bound:
	Upper bound of interval. If None, then `find_upper_bound_for_roots()` is called.
param Number tolerance:
	Tolerance below which the value of the determinant is considered close to zero.
raises:	ArithmeticError when NaN is encountered or when eigenvalue solver fails.

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returns: A list [(a, b), multiplicity], where (a, b) denotes an interval, and multiplicity the multiplicity of the root. All roots with multiplicity > 1 will have a size of tolerance or smaller.

returns:	A list [(a, b), multiplicity], where (a, b) denotes an interval, and multiplicity the multiplicity of the root. All roots with multiplicity > 1 will have a size of tolerance or smaller.

Root optimization¶

dcprogs.likelihood.brentq(function, a, b, xtol=1e-12, rtol=4.440892098e-16, itermax=100)¶

Computes zeros via brentq.

This is the exact same algorithm as scipy.optimize.brentq. Only, the errors and c types have been changed to accomodate DCProgs and protect the innocents.

Parameters:

Parameters:	function (callable) – Function for which to solve $f(x) = 0$ . xstart (float) – Beginning of the interval xend (float) – End of the interval xtol (float) – Tolerance for interval size. rtol (float) – Tolerance for interval size. The convergence criteria is an affine function of the root: $x_{\mathrm{tol}}+r_{\mathrm{tol}} x_{\mathrm{current}} = \frac{\|x_a-x_b\|}{2}$ . itermax (int) – maximum number of iterations.
Returns:	the tuple (x, iterations, times the function was called)

function (callable) – Function for which to solve $f(x) = 0$ .
xstart (float) – Beginning of the interval
xend (float) – End of the interval
xtol (float) – Tolerance for interval size.
rtol (float) – Tolerance for interval size. The convergence criteria is an affine function of the root: $x_{\mathrm{tol}}+r_{\mathrm{tol}} x_{\mathrm{current}} = \frac{|x_a-x_b|}{2}$ .
itermax (int) – maximum number of iterations.

Returns:

the tuple (x, iterations, times the function was called)

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