Source code for pylops.LinearOperator

from __future__ import division

import logging

import numpy as np
import scipy as sp
from scipy.linalg import eigvals, lstsq, solve
from scipy.sparse import csr_matrix
from scipy.sparse.linalg import LinearOperator as spLinearOperator
from scipy.sparse.linalg import eigs as sp_eigs
from scipy.sparse.linalg import eigsh as sp_eigsh
from scipy.sparse.linalg import lobpcg as sp_lobpcg
from scipy.sparse.linalg import lsqr, spsolve
from scipy.sparse.linalg.interface import _ProductLinearOperator

from pylops.optimization.solver import cgls
from pylops.utils.backend import get_array_module, get_module, get_sparse_eye
from pylops.utils.estimators import trace_hutchinson, trace_hutchpp, trace_nahutchpp

logging.basicConfig(format="%(levelname)s: %(message)s", level=logging.WARNING)


[docs]class LinearOperator(spLinearOperator): """Common interface for performing matrix-vector products. This class is an overload of the :py:class:`scipy.sparse.linalg.LinearOperator` class. It adds functionalities by overloading standard operators such as ``__truediv__`` as well as creating convenience methods such as ``eigs``, ``cond``, and ``conj``. .. note:: End users of PyLops should not use this class directly but simply use operators that are already implemented. This class is meant for developers and it has to be used as the parent class of any new operator developed within PyLops. Find more details regarding implementation of new operators at :ref:`addingoperator`. Parameters ---------- Op : :obj:`scipy.sparse.linalg.LinearOperator` or :obj:`scipy.sparse.linalg._ProductLinearOperator` or :obj:`scipy.sparse.linalg._SumLinearOperator` Operator explicit : :obj:`bool` Operator contains a matrix that can be solved explicitly (``True``) or not (``False``) clinear : :obj:`bool` .. versionadded:: 1.17.0 Operator is complex-linear. """ def __init__(self, Op=None, explicit=False, clinear=None): self.explicit = explicit if Op is not None: self.Op = Op self.shape = self.Op.shape self.dtype = self.Op.dtype self.clinear = getattr(self.Op, "clinear", True) if clinear is not None: self.clinear = clinear def _matvec(self, x): if callable(self.Op._matvec): return self.Op._matvec(x) def _rmatvec(self, x): if callable(self.Op._rmatvec): return self.Op._rmatvec(x) def _matmat(self, X): """Matrix-matrix multiplication handler. Modified version of scipy _matmat to avoid having trailing dimension in col when provided to matvec """ if sp.sparse.issparse(X): y = np.vstack([self.matvec(col.toarray().reshape(-1)) for col in X.T]).T else: y = np.vstack([self.matvec(col.reshape(-1)) for col in X.T]).T return y def __mul__(self, x): y = super().__mul__(x) if isinstance(y, spLinearOperator): y = aslinearoperator(y) return y def __rmul__(self, x): if np.isscalar(x): return aslinearoperator(_ScaledLinearOperator(self, x)) else: return NotImplemented def __pow__(self, p): return aslinearoperator(super().__pow__(p)) def __add__(self, x): return aslinearoperator(super().__add__(x)) def __neg__(self): return aslinearoperator(_ScaledLinearOperator(self, -1)) def __sub__(self, x): return aslinearoperator(super().__sub__(x)) def _adjoint(self): return aslinearoperator(super()._adjoint()) def _transpose(self): return aslinearoperator(super()._transpose())
[docs] def matvec(self, x): """Matrix-vector multiplication. Modified version of scipy matvec which does not consider the case where the input vector is ``np.matrix`` (the use ``np.matrix`` is now discouraged in numpy's documentation). Parameters ---------- x : :obj:`numpy.ndarray` Input array of shape (N,) or (N,1) Returns ------- y : :obj:`numpy.ndarray` Output array of shape (M,) or (M,1) """ M, N = self.shape if x.shape != (N,) and x.shape != (N, 1): raise ValueError("dimension mismatch") y = self._matvec(x) if x.ndim == 1: y = y.reshape(M) elif x.ndim == 2: y = y.reshape(M, 1) else: raise ValueError("invalid shape returned by user-defined matvec()") return y
[docs] def rmatvec(self, x): """Adjoint matrix-vector multiplication. Modified version of scipy rmatvec which does not consider the case where the input vector is ``np.matrix`` (the use ``np.matrix`` is now discouraged in numpy's documentation). Parameters ---------- y : :obj:`numpy.ndarray` Input array of shape (M,) or (M,1) Returns ------- x : :obj:`numpy.ndarray` Output array of shape (N,) or (N,1) """ M, N = self.shape if x.shape != (M,) and x.shape != (M, 1): raise ValueError("dimension mismatch") y = self._rmatvec(x) if x.ndim == 1: y = y.reshape(N) elif x.ndim == 2: y = y.reshape(N, 1) else: raise ValueError("invalid shape returned by user-defined rmatvec()") return y
[docs] def matmat(self, X): """Matrix-matrix multiplication. Modified version of scipy matmat which does not consider the case where the input vector is ``np.matrix`` (the use ``np.matrix`` is now discouraged in numpy's documentation). Parameters ---------- x : :obj:`numpy.ndarray` Input array of shape (N,K) Returns ------- y : :obj:`numpy.ndarray` Output array of shape (M,K) """ if X.ndim != 2: raise ValueError("expected 2-d ndarray or matrix, " "not %d-d" % X.ndim) if X.shape[0] != self.shape[1]: raise ValueError("dimension mismatch: %r, %r" % (self.shape, X.shape)) Y = self._matmat(X) return Y
[docs] def rmatmat(self, X): """Matrix-matrix multiplication. Modified version of scipy rmatmat which does not consider the case where the input vector is ``np.matrix`` (the use ``np.matrix`` is now discouraged in numpy's documentation). Parameters ---------- x : :obj:`numpy.ndarray` Input array of shape (M,K) Returns ------- y : :obj:`numpy.ndarray` Output array of shape (N,K) """ if X.ndim != 2: raise ValueError("expected 2-d ndarray or matrix, " "not %d-d" % X.ndim) if X.shape[0] != self.shape[0]: raise ValueError("dimension mismatch: %r, %r" % (self.shape, X.shape)) Y = self._rmatmat(X) return Y
[docs] def dot(self, x): """Matrix-matrix or matrix-vector multiplication. Parameters ---------- x : np.ndarray Input array (or matrix) Returns ------- y : np.ndarray Output array (or matrix) that represents the result of applying the linear operator on x. """ if isinstance(x, LinearOperator): Op = _ProductLinearOperator(self, x) # Output is C-Linear only if both operators are Op.clinear = getattr(self, "clinear", True) and getattr(x, "clinear", True) return Op elif np.isscalar(x): return _ScaledLinearOperator(self, x) else: if x.ndim == 1: # or x.ndim == 2 and x.shape[1] == 1: return self.matvec(x) elif x.ndim == 2: return self.matmat(x) else: raise ValueError("expected 1-d or 2-d array or matrix, got %r" % x)
[docs] def div(self, y, niter=100): r"""Solve the linear problem :math:`\mathbf{y}=\mathbf{A}\mathbf{x}`. Overloading of operator ``/`` to improve expressivity of `Pylops` when solving inverse problems. Parameters ---------- y : :obj:`np.ndarray` Data niter : :obj:`int`, optional Number of iterations (to be used only when ``explicit=False``) Returns ------- xest : :obj:`np.ndarray` Estimated model """ xest = self.__truediv__(y, niter=niter) return xest
def __truediv__(self, y, niter=100): if self.explicit is True: if sp.sparse.issparse(self.A): # use scipy solver for sparse matrices xest = spsolve(self.A, y) elif isinstance(self.A, np.ndarray): # use scipy solvers for dense matrices (used for backward # compatibility, could be switched to numpy equivalents) if self.A.shape[0] == self.A.shape[1]: xest = solve(self.A, y) else: xest = lstsq(self.A, y)[0] else: # use numpy/cupy solvers for dense matrices ncp = get_array_module(y) if self.A.shape[0] == self.A.shape[1]: xest = ncp.linalg.solve(self.A, y) else: xest = ncp.linalg.lstsq(self.A, y)[0] else: if isinstance(y, np.ndarray): # numpy backend xest = lsqr(self, y, iter_lim=niter)[0] else: # cupy backend ncp = get_array_module(y) xest = cgls( self, y, x0=ncp.zeros(int(self.shape[1]), dtype=self.dtype), niter=niter, )[0] return xest
[docs] def todense(self, backend="numpy"): r"""Return dense matrix. The operator is converted into its dense matrix equivalent. In order to do so, square or tall operators are applied to an identity matrix whose number of rows and columns is equivalent to the number of columns of the operator. Conversely, for skinny operators, the transpose operator is applied to an identity matrix whose number of rows and columns is equivalent to the number of rows of the operator and the resulting matrix is transposed (and complex conjugated). Note that this operation may be costly for operators with large number of rows and columns and it should be used mostly as a way to inspect the structure of the matricial equivalent of the operator. Parameters ---------- backend : :obj:`str`, optional Backend used to densify matrix (``numpy`` or ``cupy``). Note that this must be consistent with how the operator has been created. Returns ------- matrix : :obj:`numpy.ndarray` or :obj:`cupy.ndarray` Dense matrix. """ ncp = get_module(backend) # Wrap self into a LinearOperator. This is done for cases where self # is a _SumLinearOperator or _ProductLinearOperator, so that it regains # the dense method Op = aslinearoperator(self) # Create identity matrix shapemin = min(Op.shape) if shapemin <= 1e3: # use numpy for small matrices (faster but heavier on memory) identity = ncp.eye(shapemin, dtype=self.dtype) else: # use scipy for small matrices (slower but lighter on memory) identity = get_sparse_eye(ncp.ones(1))(shapemin, dtype=self.dtype).tocsc() # Apply operator if Op.shape[1] == shapemin: matrix = Op.matmat(identity) else: matrix = np.conj(Op.rmatmat(identity)).T return matrix
[docs] def tosparse(self): r"""Return sparse matrix. The operator in converted into its sparse (CSR) matrix equivalent. In order to do so, the operator is applied to series of unit vectors with length equal to the number of coloumns in the original operator. Returns ------- matrix : :obj:`scipy.sparse.csr_matrix` Sparse matrix. """ Op = aslinearoperator(self) (_, n) = self.shape # stores non-zero data for the sparse matrix creation entries = [] indices = [] # loop through columns of self for i in range(n): # make a unit vector for the ith column unit_i = np.zeros(n) unit_i[i] = 1 # multiply unit vector to self and find the non-zeros res_i = Op * unit_i rows_nz = np.where(res_i != 0)[0] # append the non-zero values and indices to the lists for j in rows_nz: indices.append([i, j]) entries_i = res_i[rows_nz] for e in entries_i: entries.append(e) # post process the entries / indices for scipy.sparse.csr_matrix entries = np.array(entries) indices = np.array(indices) i, j = indices[:, 0], indices[:, 1] # construct a sparse, CSR matrix from the entries / indices data. matrix = csr_matrix((entries, (j, i)), shape=self.shape, dtype=self.dtype) return matrix
[docs] def eigs( self, neigs=None, symmetric=False, niter=None, uselobpcg=False, **kwargs_eig ): r"""Most significant eigenvalues of linear operator. Return an estimate of the most significant eigenvalues of the linear operator. If the operator has rectangular shape (``shape[0]!=shape[1]``), eigenvalues are first computed for the square operator :math:`\mathbf{A^H}\mathbf{A}` and the square-root values are returned. Parameters ---------- neigs : :obj:`int` Number of eigenvalues to compute (if ``None``, return all). Note that for ``explicit=False``, only :math:`N-1` eigenvalues can be computed where :math:`N` is the size of the operator in the model space symmetric : :obj:`bool`, optional Operator is symmetric (``True``) or not (``False``). User should set this parameter to ``True`` only when it is guaranteed that the operator is real-symmetric or complex-hermitian matrices niter : :obj:`int`, optional Number of iterations for eigenvalue estimation uselobpcg : :obj:`bool`, optional Use :func:`scipy.sparse.linalg.lobpcg` **kwargs_eig Arbitrary keyword arguments for :func:`scipy.sparse.linalg.eigs`, :func:`scipy.sparse.linalg.eigsh`, or :func:`scipy.sparse.linalg.lobpcg` Returns ------- eigenvalues : :obj:`numpy.ndarray` Operator eigenvalues. Raises ------- ValueError If ``uselobpcg=True`` for a non-symmetric square matrix with complex type Notes ----- Depending on the size of the operator, whether it is explicit or not and the number of eigenvalues requested, different algorithms are used by this routine. More precisely, when only a limited number of eigenvalues is requested the :func:`scipy.sparse.linalg.eigsh` method is used in case of ``symmetric=True`` and the :func:`scipy.sparse.linalg.eigs` method is used ``symmetric=False``. However, when the matrix is represented explicitly within the linear operator (``explicit=True``) and all the eigenvalues are requested the :func:`scipy.linalg.eigvals` is used instead. Finally, when only a limited number of eigenvalues is required, it is also possible to explicitly choose to use the ``scipy.sparse.linalg.lobpcg`` method via the ``uselobpcg`` input parameter flag. Most of these algorithms are a port of ARPACK [1]_, a Fortran package which provides routines for quickly finding eigenvalues/eigenvectors of a matrix. As ARPACK requires only left-multiplication by the matrix in question, eigenvalues/eigenvectors can also be estimated for linear operators when the dense matrix is not available. .. [1] http://www.caam.rice.edu/software/ARPACK/ """ if self.explicit and isinstance(self.A, np.ndarray): if self.shape[0] == self.shape[1]: if neigs is None or neigs == self.shape[1]: eigenvalues = eigvals(self.A) else: if not symmetric and np.iscomplexobj(self) and uselobpcg: raise ValueError( "cannot use scipy.sparse.linalg.lobpcg " "for non-symmetric square matrices of " "complex type..." ) if symmetric and uselobpcg: X = np.random.rand(self.shape[0], neigs).astype(self.dtype) eigenvalues = sp_lobpcg( self.A, X=X, maxiter=niter, **kwargs_eig )[0] elif symmetric: eigenvalues = sp_eigsh( self.A, k=neigs, maxiter=niter, **kwargs_eig )[0] else: eigenvalues = sp_eigs( self.A, k=neigs, maxiter=niter, **kwargs_eig )[0] else: if neigs is None or neigs == self.shape[1]: eigenvalues = np.sqrt(eigvals(np.dot(np.conj(self.A.T), self.A))) else: if uselobpcg: X = np.random.rand(self.shape[1], neigs).astype(self.dtype) eigenvalues = np.sqrt( sp_lobpcg( np.dot(np.conj(self.A.T), self.A), X=X, maxiter=niter, **kwargs_eig, )[0] ) else: eigenvalues = np.sqrt( sp_eigsh( np.dot(np.conj(self.A.T), self.A), k=neigs, maxiter=niter, **kwargs_eig, )[0] ) else: if neigs is None or neigs >= self.shape[1]: neigs = self.shape[1] - 2 if self.shape[0] == self.shape[1]: if not symmetric and np.iscomplexobj(self) and uselobpcg: raise ValueError( "cannot use scipy.sparse.linalg.lobpcg for " "non symmetric square matrices of " "complex type..." ) if symmetric and uselobpcg: X = np.random.rand(self.shape[0], neigs).astype(self.dtype) eigenvalues = sp_lobpcg(self, X=X, maxiter=niter, **kwargs_eig)[0] elif symmetric: eigenvalues = sp_eigsh(self, k=neigs, maxiter=niter, **kwargs_eig)[ 0 ] else: eigenvalues = sp_eigs(self, k=neigs, maxiter=niter, **kwargs_eig)[0] else: if uselobpcg: X = np.random.rand(self.shape[1], neigs).astype(self.dtype) eigenvalues = np.sqrt( sp_lobpcg(self.H * self, X=X, maxiter=niter, **kwargs_eig)[0] ) else: eigenvalues = np.sqrt( sp_eigs(self.H * self, k=neigs, maxiter=niter, **kwargs_eig)[0] ) return -np.sort(-eigenvalues)
[docs] def cond(self, uselobpcg=False, **kwargs_eig): r"""Condition number of linear operator. Return an estimate of the condition number of the linear operator as the ratio of the largest and lowest estimated eigenvalues. Parameters ---------- uselobpcg : :obj:`bool`, optional Use :func:`scipy.sparse.linalg.lobpcg` to compute eigenvalues **kwargs_eig Arbitrary keyword arguments for :func:`scipy.sparse.linalg.eigs`, :func:`scipy.sparse.linalg.eigsh`, or :func:`scipy.sparse.linalg.lobpcg` Returns ------- eigenvalues : :obj:`numpy.ndarray` Operator eigenvalues. Notes ----- The condition number of a matrix (or linear operator) can be estimated as the ratio of the largest and lowest estimated eigenvalues: .. math:: k= \frac{\lambda_{max}}{\lambda_{min}} The condition number provides an indication of the rate at which the solution of the inversion of the linear operator :math:`A` will change with respect to a change in the data :math:`y`. Thus, if the condition number is large, even a small error in :math:`y` may cause a large error in :math:`x`. On the other hand, if the condition number is small then the error in :math:`x` is not much bigger than the error in :math:`y`. A problem with a low condition number is said to be *well-conditioned*, while a problem with a high condition number is said to be *ill-conditioned*. """ if not uselobpcg: cond = ( self.eigs(neigs=1, which="LM", **kwargs_eig).item() / self.eigs(neigs=1, which="SM", **kwargs_eig).item() ) else: cond = ( self.eigs(neigs=1, uselobpcg=True, largest=True, **kwargs_eig).item() / self.eigs(neigs=1, uselobpcg=True, largest=False, **kwargs_eig).item() ) return cond
[docs] def conj(self): """Complex conjugate operator Returns ------- conjop : :obj:`pylops.LinearOperator` Complex conjugate operator """ conjop = _ConjLinearOperator(self) return conjop
[docs] def apply_columns(self, cols): """Apply subset of columns of operator This method can be used to wrap a LinearOperator and mimic the action of a subset of columns of the operator on a reduced model in forward mode, and retrieve only the result of a subset of rows in adjoint mode. Note that unless the operator has ``explicit=True``, this is not optimal as the entire forward and adjoint passes of the original operator will have to be perfomed. It can however be useful for the implementation of solvers such as Orthogonal Matching Pursuit (OMP) that iteratively build a solution by evaluate only a subset of the columns of the operator. Parameters ---------- cols : :obj:`list` Columns to be selected Returns ------- colop : :obj:`pylops.LinearOperator` Apply column operator """ colop = _ColumnLinearOperator(self, cols) return colop
[docs] def toreal(self, forw=True, adj=True): """Real operator Parameters ---------- forw : :obj:`bool`, optional Apply real to output of forward pass adj : :obj:`bool`, optional Apply real to output of adjoint pass Returns ------- realop : :obj:`pylops.LinearOperator` Real operator """ realop = _RealImagLinearOperator(self, forw, adj, True) return realop
[docs] def toimag(self, forw=True, adj=True): """Imag operator Parameters ---------- forw : :obj:`bool`, optional Apply imag to output of forward pass adj : :obj:`bool`, optional Apply imag to output of adjoint pass Returns ------- imagop : :obj:`pylops.LinearOperator` Imag operator """ imagop = _RealImagLinearOperator(self, forw, adj, False) return imagop
[docs] def trace( self, neval=None, method=None, backend="numpy", **kwargs_trace, ): r"""Trace of linear operator. Returns the trace (or its estimate) of the linear operator. Parameters ---------- neval : :obj:`int`, optional Maximum number of matrix-vector products compute. Default depends ``method``. method : :obj:`str`, optional Should be one of the following: - **explicit**: If the operator is not explicit, will convert to dense first. - **hutchinson**: see :obj:`pylops.utils.trace_hutchinson` - **hutch++**: see :obj:`pylops.utils.trace_hutchpp` - **na-hutch++**: see :obj:`pylops.utils.trace_nahutchpp` Defaults to 'explicit' for explicit operators, and 'Hutch++' for the rest. backend : :obj:`str`, optional Backend used to densify matrix (``numpy`` or ``cupy``). Note that this must be consistent with how the operator has been created. **kwargs_trace Arbitrary keyword arguments passed to :obj:`pylops.utils.trace_hutchinson`, :obj:`pylops.utils.trace_hutchpp`, or :obj:`pylops.utils.trace_nahutchpp` Returns ------- trace : :obj:`self.dtype` Operator trace. Raises ------- ValueError If the operator has rectangular shape (``shape[0] != shape[1]``) NotImplementedError If the ``method`` is not one of the available methods. """ if self.shape[0] != self.shape[1]: raise ValueError("operator is not square.") ncp = get_module(backend) if method is None: method = "explicit" if self.explicit else "hutch++" method_l = method.lower() if method_l == "explicit": A = self.A if self.explicit else self.todense(backend=backend) return ncp.trace(A) elif method_l == "hutchinson": return trace_hutchinson(self, neval=neval, backend=backend, **kwargs_trace) elif method_l == "hutch++": return trace_hutchpp(self, neval=neval, backend=backend, **kwargs_trace) elif method_l == "na-hutch++": return trace_nahutchpp(self, neval=neval, backend=backend, **kwargs_trace) else: raise NotImplementedError(f"method {method} not available.")
def _get_dtype(operators, dtypes=None): if dtypes is None: dtypes = [] opdtypes = [] for obj in operators: if obj is not None and hasattr(obj, "dtype"): opdtypes.append(obj.dtype) return np.find_common_type(opdtypes, dtypes) class _ScaledLinearOperator(spLinearOperator): """ Sum Linear Operator Modified version of scipy _ScaledLinearOperator which uses a modified _get_dtype where the scalar and operator types are passed separately to np.find_common_type. Passing them together does lead to problems when using np.float32 operators which are cast to np.float64 """ def __init__(self, A, alpha): if not isinstance(A, spLinearOperator): raise ValueError("LinearOperator expected as A") if not np.isscalar(alpha): raise ValueError("scalar expected as alpha") dtype = _get_dtype([A], [type(alpha)]) super(_ScaledLinearOperator, self).__init__(dtype, A.shape) self.args = (A, alpha) def _matvec(self, x): return self.args[1] * self.args[0].matvec(x) def _rmatvec(self, x): return np.conj(self.args[1]) * self.args[0].rmatvec(x) def _rmatmat(self, x): return np.conj(self.args[1]) * self.args[0].rmatmat(x) def _matmat(self, x): return self.args[1] * self.args[0].matmat(x) def _adjoint(self): A, alpha = self.args return A.H * np.conj(alpha) class _ConjLinearOperator(LinearOperator): """Complex conjugate linear operator""" def __init__(self, Op): if not isinstance(Op, spLinearOperator): raise TypeError("Op must be a LinearOperator") super(_ConjLinearOperator, self).__init__(Op, Op.shape) self.Op = Op def _matvec(self, x): return (self.Op._matvec(x.conj())).conj() def _rmatvec(self, x): return (self.Op._rmatvec(x.conj())).conj() def _adjoint(self): return _ConjLinearOperator(self.Op.H) class _ColumnLinearOperator(LinearOperator): """Column selector linear operator Produces the forward and adjoint passes with a subset of columns of the original operator """ def __init__(self, Op, cols): if not isinstance(Op, spLinearOperator): raise TypeError("Op must be a LinearOperator") super(_ColumnLinearOperator, self).__init__(Op, Op.explicit) self.Op = Op self.cols = cols self.shape = (Op.shape[0], len(cols)) if self.explicit: self.Opcol = Op.A[:, cols] def _matvec(self, x): ncp = get_array_module(x) if self.explicit: y = self.Opcol @ x else: y = ncp.zeros(int(self.Op.shape[1]), dtype=self.dtype) y[self.cols] = x y = self.Op._matvec(y) return y def _rmatvec(self, x): if self.explicit: y = self.Opcol.T.conj() @ x else: y = self.Op._rmatvec(x) y = y[self.cols] return y class _RealImagLinearOperator(LinearOperator): """Real-Imag linear operator Computes forward and adjoint passes of an operator Op and returns only its real (or imaginary) component. Note that for the adjoint step the output must be complex conjugated (i.e. opposite of the imaginary part is returned) """ def __init__(self, Op, forw=True, adj=True, real=True): if not isinstance(Op, spLinearOperator): raise TypeError("Op must be a LinearOperator") super(_RealImagLinearOperator, self).__init__(Op, Op.shape) self.Op = Op self.real = real self.forw = forw self.adj = adj self.dtype = np.array(0, dtype=self.Op.dtype).real.dtype def _matvec(self, x): ncp = get_array_module(x) y = self.Op._matvec(x) if self.forw: if self.real: y = ncp.real(y) else: y = ncp.imag(y) return y def _rmatvec(self, x): ncp = get_array_module(x) y = self.Op._rmatvec(x) if self.adj: if self.real: y = ncp.real(y) else: y = -ncp.imag(y) return y def aslinearoperator(Op): """Return Op as a LinearOperator. Converts any operator into a LinearOperator. This can be used when `Op` is a private operator to ensure that the return operator has all properties and methods of the parent class. Parameters ---------- Op : :obj:`pylops.LinearOperator` or any other Operator Operator of any type Returns ------- Op : :obj:`pylops.LinearOperator` Operator of type :obj:`pylops.LinearOperator` """ if isinstance(Op, LinearOperator): return Op else: return LinearOperator(Op)