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# numpy.sqrt

numpy.sqrt(x, /, out=None, *, where=True, casting='same_kind', order='K', dtype=None, subok=True[, signature]) = <ufunc 'sqrt'>

  Return the non-negative square-root of an array, element-wise.

  Parameters:
    x array_like

      The values whose square-roots are required.

    out ndarray, None, or tuple of ndarray and None, optional

      A location into which the result is stored. If provided, it must have a shape that the inputs broadcast to. If not provided or None, a freshly-allocated array is returned. A tuple (possible only as a keyword argument) must have length equal to the number of outputs.

    where array_like, optional

      This condition is broadcast over the input. At locations where the condition is True, the out array will be set to the ufunc result. Elsewhere, the out array will retain its original value. Note that if an uninitialized out array is created via the default `out=None`, locations within it where the condition is False will remain uninitialized.

    **kwargs

      For other keyword-only arguments, see the ufunc docs.

  Returns:
    y ndarray

      An array of the same shape as x, containing the positive square-root of each element in x. If any element in x is complex, a complex array is returned (and the square-roots of negative reals are calculated). If all of the elements in x are real, so is y, with negative elements returning `nan`. If out was provided, y is a reference to it. This is a scalar if x is a scalar.

  See also

  `emath.sqrt`

    A version which returns complex numbers when given negative reals. Note that 0.0 and -0.0 are handled differently for complex inputs.

  Notes

  sqrt has–consistent with common convention–as its branch cut the real “interval” [-inf, 0), and is continuous from above on it. A branch cut is a curve in the complex plane across which a given complex function fails to be continuous.

  Examples

      >>> import numpy as np
      >>> np.sqrt([1,4,9])
      array([ 1.,  2.,  3.])

      >>> np.sqrt([4, -1, -3+4J])
      array([ 2.+0.j,  0.+1.j,  1.+2.j])

      >>> np.sqrt([4, -1, np.inf])
      array([ 2., nan, inf])