# pylops.SecondDirectionalDerivative¶

pylops.SecondDirectionalDerivative(dims, v, sampling=1, edge=False, dtype='float64')[source]

Second Directional derivative.

Apply a second directional derivative operator to a multi-dimensional array along either a single common axis or different axes for each point of the array.

Note

At least 2 dimensions are required, consider using pylops.SecondDerivative for 1d arrays.

Parameters
dimstuple

Number of samples for each dimension.

vnp.ndarray, optional

Single direction (array of size $$n_\text{dims}$$) or group of directions (array of size $$[n_\text{dims} \times n_{d_0} \times ... \times n_{d_{n_\text{dims}}}]$$)

samplingtuple, optional

Sampling steps for each direction.

edgebool, optional

Use reduced order derivative at edges (True) or ignore them (False).

dtypestr, optional

Type of elements in input array.

Returns
ddoppylops.LinearOperator

Second directional derivative linear operator

Notes

The SecondDirectionalDerivative applies a second-order derivative to a multi-dimensional array along the direction defined by the unitary vector $$\mathbf{v}$$:

$d^2f_\mathbf{v} = - D_\mathbf{v}^T [D_\mathbf{v} f]$

where $$D_\mathbf{v}$$ is the first-order directional derivative implemented by pylops.SecondDirectionalDerivative.

This operator is sometimes also referred to as directional Laplacian in the literature.

Derivatives

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