Field

class hcipy.field.Field

Bases: numpy.ndarray

The value of some physical quantity for each point in some coordinate system.

Parameters

arrarray_like

An array of values or tensors for each point in the Grid.

gridGrid

The corresponding Grid on which the values are set.

Attributes

gridGrid

The grid on which the values are defined.

Attributes Summary

is_scalar_field	True if this field is a scalar field (ie.
is_valid_field	True if the field corresponds with its grid.
is_vector_field	True if this field is a vector field (ie.
shaped	The reshaped version of this field.
tensor_order	The order of the tensor of the field.
tensor_shape	The shape of the tensor of the field.

Methods Summary

at(self, p)	The value of this field closest to point p.
from_dict(tree)	Make a Field from a dictionary, previously created by to_dict().
to_dict(self)	Convert the object to a dictionary for serialization.

Attributes Documentation

is_scalar_field

True if this field is a scalar field (ie. a tensor order of 0), False otherwise.

is_valid_field

True if the field corresponds with its grid.

is_vector_field

True if this field is a vector field (ie. a tensor order of 1), False otherwise.

shaped

The reshaped version of this field.

Raises

ValueError

If this field isn’t separated, no reshaped version can be made.

tensor_order

The order of the tensor of the field.

tensor_shape

The shape of the tensor of the field.

Methods Documentation

at(self, p)

The value of this field closest to point p.

Parameters

parray_like

The point at which the closest value should be returned.

Returns

array_like

The value, potentially tensor, closest to point p.

classmethod from_dict(tree)

Make a Field from a dictionary, previously created by to_dict().

Parameters

treedictionary

The dictionary from which to make a new Field object.

Returns

Field

The created object.

Raises

ValueError

If the dictionary is not formatted correctly.

to_dict(self)

Convert the object to a dictionary for serialization.

Returns

dictionary

The created dictionary.