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1 · Introduction to SciPy

SciPy is the de‑facto scientific‑computing stack that extends NumPy with advanced numerical algorithms (linear algebra, optimisation, signal processing, statistics …). Version 1.15.2 (released 16 Feb 2025) is the most recent stable release.

SciPy builds on numpy.ndarray and delegates heavy lifting to platform‑optimised Fortran/C libraries (BLAS, LAPACK, FFTW, SUNDIALS, etc.). Its API is Pythonic: functions such as scipy.optimize.minimize or scipy.signal.spectrogram wrap dense, battle‑tested numerics behind a simple call signature.

Good to know → SciPy requires Python ≥ 3.9 and NumPy ≥ 1.22. The wheels for macOS/Windows ship with modern OpenBLAS; on Linux, choose the manylinux wheels or build against your own MKL/OpenBLAS instance for maximum speed.

2 · Installation & Environment Setup

Pip / Conda

# pip
python -m pip install -U scipy

# conda
conda install -c conda-forge scipy

Compiling from Source

Install a Fortran compiler (gfortran) plus the required C/C++ toolchain, then:

git clone https://github.com/scipy/scipy
cd scipy && pip install -r requirements/dev.txt
python -pip install .

Virtual‑Environments

Create isolated environments (venv, conda create, or pdm) to avoid binary‑incompatibility between SciPy, NumPy, and BLAS implementations.

3 · Sub‑package Overview

scipy.linalg – dense & sparse linear‑algebra routines.
scipy.optimize – root finding, curve‑fitting, least‑squares, constrained & global optimisation.
scipy.integrate – numerical integration (quad, dblquad), ODE solvers (solve_ivp, BDF, RK45).
scipy.signal – FIR/IIR design, filtering, spectral & time‑frequency analysis.
scipy.fft – SIMD‑powered FFT wrappers (drop‑in replacement for np.fft).
scipy.stats – 100+ probability distributions, statistical tests, random‑variates.
scipy.spatial – KD‑trees, Voronoi, distance metrics, Delaunay triangulation.
scipy.ndimage – N‑D image processing: filtering, morphology, measurements.
scipy.interpolate – 1‑D, N‑D splines, RBF, gridding.
scipy.sparse – compressed matrices, sparse BLAS, iterative solvers.
… and utility sub‑packages (io, constants, special, cluster, odr …).

4 · General Usage Patterns

Vectorised Workflows

import numpy as np, scipy as sp
from scipy import linalg, optimize

x = np.linspace(0, 10, 1_000)
y = np.sin(x) + 0.05*np.random.randn(x.size)    # synthetic data

Avoid Python‑level for loops—feed entire ndarrays into SciPy routines for >100× speed‑ups.

Inter‑package Co‑operation

SciPy outputs numpy arrays, which play nicely with , matplotlib.pyplot, and GPU‑accelerated drop‑ins (CuPy, JAX, PyTorch Tensors).

5 · scipy.linalg

Key Functions

linalg.inv – matrix inverse.
linalg.solve – solve Ax = b.
linalg.svd – singular‑value decomposition.
linalg.eigh – eigenvalues / eigenvectors of Hermitian matrices.

Example — Solve a Linear System

import numpy as np
from scipy.linalg import solve

A = np.array([[3, 1],
              [1, 2]])
b = np.array([9, 8])

x = solve(A, b)        # → array([2., 3.])

6 · scipy.optimize

Core Routines

optimize.minimize (SLSQP, L‑BFGS‑B, trust‑constr …)
optimize.curve_fit – non‑linear least‑squares with bounds.
optimize.root – multi‑dimensional root finding.
optimize.differential_evolution – global optimisation (genetic algorithm style).

Example — Curve Fitting

def model(x, a, b, c):      # damped oscillation
    return a * np.exp(-b*x) * np.cos(c*x)

popt, pcov = optimize.curve_fit(model, x, y,
                                p0=[1, 0.1, 1.0])

7 · scipy.integrate

Quadrature

from scipy.integrate import quad
area, err = quad(lambda t: np.exp(-t**2), 0, np.inf)

Initial‑Value Problems

from scipy.integrate import solve_ivp

def damped(t, y):               # dy/dt = −0.25y
    return -0.25*y

sol = solve_ivp(damped, [0, 10], [1])

8 · scipy.interpolate

1‑D splines via interp1d, N‑D scattered data via griddata, and high‑dimensional RBF interpolators.

from scipy.interpolate import interp1d
f = interp1d(x, y, kind="cubic")
yi = f(xi)

9 · scipy.signal

Typical Workflow

Design filter → signal.butter
Apply zero‑phase → signal.filtfilt
Inspect spectrum → signal.spectrogram

from scipy.signal import butter, filtfilt

b, a = butter(N=4, Wn=0.2)
clean = filtfilt(b, a, noisy)

10 · scipy.fft

Drop‑in replacements for np.fft, often 2–10× faster thanks to vectorised SIMD kernels and planner reuse.

from scipy.fft import rfft, irfft, fftfreq

freqs = fftfreq(x.size, d=dt)
Y = rfft(signal)

11 · scipy.stats

Highlights

100+ continuous & discrete distributions with pdf, cdf, rvs.
Parametric & non‑parametric tests (ttest_ind, mannwhitneyu, kruskal).
Descriptive stats → describe, skew, kurtosis.

from scipy.stats import norm, ttest_ind

ci_low, ci_high = norm.interval(0.95, loc=mu, scale=sem)
t, p = ttest_ind(group1, group2, equal_var=False)

12 · scipy.spatial

from scipy.spatial import KDTree, distance_matrix

tree = KDTree(points)
idx = tree.query(target, k=3)[1]    # 3‑nearest neighbours

13 · scipy.ndimage

from scipy import ndimage as ndi

blur = ndi.gaussian_filter(img, sigma=1.0)
edges = ndi.sobel(img)

14 · scipy.sparse

from scipy.sparse import csr_matrix
A = csr_matrix((data, indices, indptr), shape=(n, n))
y = A @ x

15 · scipy.io

from scipy.io import wavfile, loadmat

rate, audio = wavfile.read("song.wav")
mat = loadmat("experiment.mat")["array"]

16 · scipy.special & scipy.constants

from scipy.special import gamma, erf
from scipy.constants import c, golden

val = gamma(0.5)        # → √π

17 · What’s New in SciPy 1.15 ×

Vectorised spline evaluation in interpolate.BSpline.
Experimental GPU FFT back‑end auto‑detected via cupy.
stats.bootstrap now supports axis=None to resample ragged arrays.
Differential‑equation solver integrate.solve_ivp adds method="LSODA".
Deprecations: scipy.fftpack is formally replaced by scipy.fft; legacy stats.mode(..., axis=None) signature removed.

18 · Performance & Best Practices

            • Use numba.njit to JIT‑compile your innermost             custom loops.
            • Prefer scipy.fft.next_fast_len for FFT             zero‑padding.
            • Batch small calls: SciPy functions have non‑negligible overhead—vectorise!

19 · Ecosystem Integration & Resources

Docs – docs.scipy.org
Community Forum – discuss.scientific-python.org
Source Code – github.com/scipy/scipy
Conference – SciPy 2025

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