[Numpy-discussion] simple reduction question

[Nathaniel Smith]

On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Neal Becker <ndbecker2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> What would be the most efficient way to compute:
>
> c[j] = \sum_i (a[i] * b[i,j])
>
> where a[i] is a 1-d vector, b[i,j] is a 2-d array?

I think this formula is just np.dot(a, b). Did you mean c = \sum_j
\sum_i (a[i] * b[i, j])?

> This seems to be one way:
>
> import numpy as np
> a = np.arange (3)
> b = np.arange (12).reshape (3,4)
> c = np.dot (a, b).sum()
>
> but np.dot returns a vector, which then needs further reduction.  Don't know if
> there's a better way.
>
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