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# scipy.signal.windows.gaussian

scipy.signal.windows.gaussian(M, std, sym=True)

  Return a Gaussian window.

  Parameters:
    M int

      Number of points in the output window. If zero, an empty array is returned. An exception is thrown when it is negative.

    std float

      The standard deviation, sigma.

    sym bool, optional

      When True (default), generates a symmetric window, for use in filter design. When False, generates a periodic window, for use in spectral analysis.

  Returns:
    w ndarray

      The window, with the maximum value normalized to 1 (though the value 1 does not appear if M is even and sym is True).

  Notes

  The Gaussian window is defined as

  \[w(n) = e^{ -\frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{n}{\sigma}\right)^2 }\]

  Examples

  Plot the window and its frequency response:

      >>> import numpy as np
      >>> from scipy import signal
      >>> from scipy.fft import fft, fftshift
      >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

      >>> window = signal.windows.gaussian(51, std=7)
      >>> plt.plot(window)
      >>> plt.title(r"Gaussian window ($\sigma$=7)")
      >>> plt.ylabel("Amplitude")
      >>> plt.xlabel("Sample")

      >>> plt.figure()
      >>> A = fft(window, 2048) / (len(window)/2.0)
      >>> freq = np.linspace(-0.5, 0.5, len(A))
      >>> response = 20 * np.log10(np.abs(fftshift(A / abs(A).max())))
      >>> plt.plot(freq, response)
      >>> plt.axis([-0.5, 0.5, -120, 0])
      >>> plt.title(r"Frequency response of the Gaussian window ($\sigma$=7)")
      >>> plt.ylabel("Normalized magnitude [dB]")
      >>> plt.xlabel("Normalized frequency [cycles per sample]")