[Numpy-discussion] Second order gradient in numpy

[Chris Barker]

On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Christian K. <ckkart at hoc.net> wrote:


> It looks like you are looking for the derivative rather than the
> gradient. Have a look at:
>
> np.diff(a, n=1, axis=-1)
>
> n is the order if the derivative.
>

depending on your use case, you may want to use a polynomial fit for a
higher order derivative:

np.polyder()

-Chris


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