numpy.polyint — NumPy v2.2 Manual (original) (raw)

numpy.polyint(p, m=1, k=None)[source]#

Return an antiderivative (indefinite integral) of a polynomial.

Note

This forms part of the old polynomial API. Since version 1.4, the new polynomial API defined in numpy.polynomial is preferred. A summary of the differences can be found in thetransition guide.

The returned order m antiderivative P of polynomial p satisfies\(\frac{d^m}{dx^m}P(x) = p(x)\) and is defined up to _m - 1_integration constants k. The constants determine the low-order polynomial part

\[\frac{k_{m-1}}{0!} x^0 + \ldots + \frac{k_0}{(m-1)!}x^{m-1}\]

of P so that \(P^{(j)}(0) = k_{m-j-1}\).

Parameters:

parray_like or poly1d

Polynomial to integrate. A sequence is interpreted as polynomial coefficients, see poly1d.

mint, optional

Order of the antiderivative. (Default: 1)

klist of m scalars or scalar, optional

Integration constants. They are given in the order of integration: those corresponding to highest-order terms come first.

If None (default), all constants are assumed to be zero. If m = 1, a single scalar can be given instead of a list.

Examples

The defining property of the antiderivative:

p = np.poly1d([1,1,1]) P = np.polyint(p) P poly1d([ 0.33333333, 0.5 , 1. , 0. ]) # may vary np.polyder(P) == p True

The integration constants default to zero, but can be specified:

P = np.polyint(p, 3) P(0) 0.0 np.polyder(P)(0) 0.0 np.polyder(P, 2)(0) 0.0 P = np.polyint(p, 3, k=[6,5,3]) P poly1d([ 0.01666667, 0.04166667, 0.16666667, 3. , 5. , 3. ]) # may vary

Note that 3 = 6 / 2!, and that the constants are given in the order of integrations. Constant of the highest-order polynomial term comes first:

np.polyder(P, 2)(0) 6.0 np.polyder(P, 1)(0) 5.0 P(0) 3.0