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# scipy.signal.convolve

`scipy.signal.``convolve`(in1, in2, mode='full')

  Convolve two N-dimensional arrays.

  Convolve in1 and in2, with the output size determined by the mode argument.

  Parameters: | in1 : array_like First input. in2 : array_like Second input. Should have the same number of dimensions as in1; if sizes of in1 and in2 are not equal then in1 has to be the larger array. mode : str {‘full’, ‘valid’, ‘same’}, optional A string indicating the size of the output: `full` The output is the full discrete linear convolution of the inputs. (Default) `valid` The output consists only of those elements that do not rely on the zero-padding. `same` The output is the same size as in1, centered with respect to the ‘full’ output.
  Returns: | convolve : array An N-dimensional array containing a subset of the discrete linear convolution of in1 with in2.

  See also

  `numpy.polymul`
    performs polynomial multiplication (same operation, but also accepts poly1d objects)

  Examples

  Smooth a square pulse using a Hann window:

      >>> from scipy import signal
      >>> sig = np.repeat([0., 1., 0.], 100)
      >>> win = signal.hann(50)
      >>> filtered = signal.convolve(sig, win, mode='same') / sum(win)

      >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
      >>> fig, (ax_orig, ax_win, ax_filt) = plt.subplots(3, 1, sharex=True)
      >>> ax_orig.plot(sig)
      >>> ax_orig.set_title('Original pulse')
      >>> ax_orig.margins(0, 0.1)
      >>> ax_win.plot(win)
      >>> ax_win.set_title('Filter impulse response')
      >>> ax_win.margins(0, 0.1)
      >>> ax_filt.plot(filtered)
      >>> ax_filt.set_title('Filtered signal')
      >>> ax_filt.margins(0, 0.1)
      >>> fig.tight_layout()
      >>> fig.show()

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