I have a numpy 2d array [medium/large sized - say 500x500]. I want to find the eigenvalues of the element-wise exponent of it. The problem is that some of the values are quite negative (-800,-1000, etc), and their exponents underflow (meaning they are so close to zero, so that numpy treats them as zero). Is there anyway to use arbitrary precision in numpy?
The way I dream it:
import numpy as np
np.set_precision('arbitrary') # <--- Missing part
a = np.array([[-800.21,-600.00],[-600.00,-1000.48]])
ex = np.exp(a) ## Currently warns about underflow
eigvals, eigvecs = np.linalg.eig(ex)
I have searched for a solution with gmpy and mpmath to no avail. Any idea will be welcome.