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# scipy.signal.convolve

scipy.signal.convolve(in1, in2, mode='full', method='auto')

  Convolve two N-dimensional arrays.

  Convolve in1 and in2, with the output size determined by the mode argument.

  Parameters:
    in1 array_like

      First input.

    in2 array_like

      Second input. Should have the same number of dimensions as in1.

    mode str {‘full’, ‘valid’, ‘same’}, optional

      A string indicating the size of the output:

      `full`

        The output is the full discrete linear convolution of the inputs. (Default)

      `valid`

        The output consists only of those elements that do not rely on the zero-padding. In ‘valid’ mode, either in1 or in2 must be at least as large as the other in every dimension.

      `same`

        The output is the same size as in1, centered with respect to the ‘full’ output.

    method str {‘auto’, ‘direct’, ‘fft’}, optional

      A string indicating which method to use to calculate the convolution.

      `direct`

        The convolution is determined directly from sums, the definition of convolution.

      `fft`

        The Fourier Transform is used to perform the convolution by calling `fftconvolve`.

      `auto`

        Automatically chooses direct or Fourier method based on an estimate of which is faster (default). See Notes for more detail.

        New in version 0.19.0.

  Returns:
    convolve array

      An N-dimensional array containing a subset of the discrete linear convolution of in1 with in2.

  Warns:
    RuntimeWarning

      Use of the FFT convolution on input containing NAN or INF will lead to the entire output being NAN or INF. Use method=’direct’ when your input contains NAN or INF values.

  See also

  `numpy.polymul`

    performs polynomial multiplication (same operation, but also accepts poly1d objects)

  `choose_conv_method`

    chooses the fastest appropriate convolution method

  `fftconvolve`

    Always uses the FFT method.

  `oaconvolve`

    Uses the overlap-add method to do convolution, which is generally faster when the input arrays are large and significantly different in size.

  Notes

  By default, `convolve` and `correlate` use `method='auto'`, which calls `choose_conv_method` to choose the fastest method using pre-computed values (`choose_conv_method` can also measure real-world timing with a keyword argument). Because `fftconvolve` relies on floating point numbers, there are certain constraints that may force method=direct (more detail in `choose_conv_method` docstring).

  Examples

  Smooth a square pulse using a Hann window:

      >>> import numpy as np
      >>> from scipy import signal
      >>> sig = np.repeat([0., 1., 0.], 100)
      >>> win = signal.windows.hann(50)
      >>> filtered = signal.convolve(sig, win, mode='same') / sum(win)

      >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
      >>> fig, (ax_orig, ax_win, ax_filt) = plt.subplots(3, 1, sharex=True)
      >>> ax_orig.plot(sig)
      >>> ax_orig.set_title('Original pulse')
      >>> ax_orig.margins(0, 0.1)
      >>> ax_win.plot(win)
      >>> ax_win.set_title('Filter impulse response')
      >>> ax_win.margins(0, 0.1)
      >>> ax_filt.plot(filtered)
      >>> ax_filt.set_title('Filtered signal')
      >>> ax_filt.margins(0, 0.1)
      >>> fig.tight_layout()
      >>> fig.show()