Numpy的广播机制图示

# 从astroML中沿用: 参见http://www.astroml.org/book_figures/appendix/fig_broadcast_visual.html
import numpy as np
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

#------------------------------------------------------------
# 绘制没有边界的图表和轴
fig = plt.figure(figsize=(6, 4.5), facecolor='w')
ax = plt.axes([0, 0, 1, 1], xticks=[], yticks=[], frameon=False)


def draw_cube(ax, xy, size, depth=0.4,
              edges=None, label=None, label_kwargs=None, **kwargs):
    """draw and label a cube.  edges is a list of numbers between
    1 and 12, specifying which of the 12 cube edges to draw"""
    if edges is None:
        edges = range(1, 13)

    x, y = xy

    if 1 in edges:
        ax.plot([x, x + size],
                [y + size, y + size], **kwargs)
    if 2 in edges:
        ax.plot([x + size, x + size],
                [y, y + size], **kwargs)
    if 3 in edges:
        ax.plot([x, x + size],
                [y, y], **kwargs)
    if 4 in edges:
        ax.plot([x, x],
                [y, y + size], **kwargs)

    if 5 in edges:
        ax.plot([x, x + depth],
                [y + size, y + depth + size], **kwargs)
    if 6 in edges:
        ax.plot([x + size, x + size + depth],
                [y + size, y + depth + size], **kwargs)
    if 7 in edges:
        ax.plot([x + size, x + size + depth],
                [y, y + depth], **kwargs)
    if 8 in edges:
        ax.plot([x, x + depth],
                [y, y + depth], **kwargs)

    if 9 in edges:
        ax.plot([x + depth, x + depth + size],
                [y + depth + size, y + depth + size], **kwargs)
    if 10 in edges:
        ax.plot([x + depth + size, x + depth + size],
                [y + depth, y + depth + size], **kwargs)
    if 11 in edges:
        ax.plot([x + depth, x + depth + size],
                [y + depth, y + depth], **kwargs)
    if 12 in edges:
        ax.plot([x + depth, x + depth],
                [y + depth, y + depth + size], **kwargs)

    if label:
        if label_kwargs is None:
            label_kwargs = {
     }
        ax.text(x + 0.5 * size, y + 0.5 * size, label,
                ha='center', va='center', **label_kwargs)

solid = dict(c='black', ls='-', lw=1,
             label_kwargs=dict(color='k'))
dotted = dict(c='black', ls='-', lw=0.5, alpha=0.5,
              label_kwargs=dict(color='gray'))
depth = 0.3

#------------------------------------------------------------
# 绘制上部操作: 向量加标量
draw_cube(ax, (1, 10), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9], '0', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (2, 10), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 6, 9], '1', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (3, 10), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10], '2', **solid)

draw_cube(ax, (6, 10), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10], '5', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (7, 10), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11], '5', **dotted)
draw_cube(ax, (8, 10), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11], '5', **dotted)

draw_cube(ax, (12, 10), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9], '5', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (13, 10), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 6, 9], '6', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (14, 10), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10], '7', **solid)

ax.text(5, 10.5, '+', size=12, ha='center', va='center')
ax.text(10.5, 10.5, '=', size=12, ha='center', va='center')
ax.text(1, 11.5, r'${\tt np.arange(3) + 5}$',
        size=12, ha='left', va='bottom')

#------------------------------------------------------------
# 绘制中部操作: 矩阵加向量

# 第一部分
draw_cube(ax, (1, 7.5), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9], '1', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (2, 7.5), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 6, 9], '1', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (3, 7.5), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10], '1', **solid)

draw_cube(ax, (1, 6.5), 1, depth, [2, 3, 4], '1', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (2, 6.5), 1, depth, [2, 3], '1', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (3, 6.5), 1, depth, [2, 3, 7, 10], '1', **solid)

draw_cube(ax, (1, 5.5), 1, depth, [2, 3, 4], '1', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (2, 5.5), 1, depth, [2, 3], '1', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (3, 5.5), 1, depth, [2, 3, 7, 10], '1', **solid)

# 第二部分
draw_cube(ax, (6, 7.5), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9], '0', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (7, 7.5), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 6, 9], '1', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (8, 7.5), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10], '2', **solid)

draw_cube(ax, (6, 6.5), 1, depth, range(2, 13), '0', **dotted)
draw_cube(ax, (7, 6.5), 1, depth, [2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11], '1', **dotted)
draw_cube(ax, (8, 6.5), 1, depth, [2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11], '2', **dotted)

draw_cube(ax, (6, 5.5), 1, depth, [2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12], '0', **dotted)
draw_cube(ax, (7, 5.5), 1, depth, [2, 3, 7, 10, 11], '1', **dotted)
draw_cube(ax, (8, 5.5), 1, depth, [2, 3, 7, 10, 11], '2', **dotted)

# 第三部分
draw_cube(ax, (12, 7.5), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9], '1', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (13, 7.5), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 6, 9], '2', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (14, 7.5), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10], '3', **solid)

draw_cube(ax, (12, 6.5), 1, depth, [2, 3, 4], '1', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (13, 6.5), 1, depth, [2, 3], '2', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (14, 6.5), 1, depth, [2, 3, 7, 10], '3', **solid)

draw_cube(ax, (12, 5.5), 1, depth, [2, 3, 4], '1', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (13, 5.5), 1, depth, [2, 3], '2', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (14, 5.5), 1, depth, [2, 3, 7, 10], '3', **solid)

ax.text(5, 7.0, '+', size=12, ha='center', va='center')
ax.text(10.5, 7.0, '=', size=12, ha='center', va='center')
ax.text(1, 9.0, r'${\tt np.ones((3,\, 3)) + np.arange(3)}$',
        size=12, ha='left', va='bottom')

#------------------------------------------------------------
# 绘制底部操作: 向量加向量，双广播

# 第一部分
draw_cube(ax, (1, 3), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10], '0', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (1, 2), 1, depth, [2, 3, 4, 7, 10], '1', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (1, 1), 1, depth, [2, 3, 4, 7, 10], '2', **solid)

draw_cube(ax, (2, 3), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11], '0', **dotted)
draw_cube(ax, (2, 2), 1, depth, [2, 3, 7, 10, 11], '1', **dotted)
draw_cube(ax, (2, 1), 1, depth, [2, 3, 7, 10, 11], '2', **dotted)

draw_cube(ax, (3, 3), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11], '0', **dotted)
draw_cube(ax, (3, 2), 1, depth, [2, 3, 7, 10, 11], '1', **dotted)
draw_cube(ax, (3, 1), 1, depth, [2, 3, 7, 10, 11], '2', **dotted)

# 第二部分
draw_cube(ax, (6, 3), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9], '0', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (7, 3), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 6, 9], '1', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (8, 3), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10], '2', **solid)

draw_cube(ax, (6, 2), 1, depth, range(2, 13), '0', **dotted)
draw_cube(ax, (7, 2), 1, depth, [2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11], '1', **dotted)
draw_cube(ax, (8, 2), 1, depth, [2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11], '2', **dotted)

draw_cube(ax, (6, 1), 1, depth, [2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12], '0', **dotted)
draw_cube(ax, (7, 1), 1, depth, [2, 3, 7, 10, 11], '1', **dotted)
draw_cube(ax, (8, 1), 1, depth, [2, 3, 7, 10, 11], '2', **dotted)

# 第三部分
draw_cube(ax, (12, 3), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9], '0', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (13, 3), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 6, 9], '1', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (14, 3), 1, depth, [1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10], '2', **solid)

draw_cube(ax, (12, 2), 1, depth, [2, 3, 4], '1', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (13, 2), 1, depth, [2, 3], '2', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (14, 2), 1, depth, [2, 3, 7, 10], '3', **solid)

draw_cube(ax, (12, 1), 1, depth, [2, 3, 4], '2', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (13, 1), 1, depth, [2, 3], '3', **solid)
draw_cube(ax, (14, 1), 1, depth, [2, 3, 7, 10], '4', **solid)

ax.text(5, 2.5, '+', size=12, ha='center', va='center')
ax.text(10.5, 2.5, '=', size=12, ha='center', va='center')
ax.text(1, 4.5, r'${\tt np.arange(3).reshape((3,\, 1)) + np.arange(3)}$',
        ha='left', size=12, va='bottom')

ax.set_xlim(0, 16)
ax.set_ylim(0.5, 12.5)

输出如下图：