Cluster Module¶
Cluster Functions¶
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class
freud.cluster.
Cluster
(box, rcut)¶ Finds clusters in a set of points.
Given a set of coordinates and a cutoff,
freud.cluster.Cluster
will determine all of the clusters of points that are made up of points that are closer than the cutoff. Clusters are labelled from 0 to the number of clusters-1 and an index array is returned wherecluster_idx[i]
is the cluster index in which particlei
is found. By the definition of a cluster, points that are not within the cutoff of another point end up in their own 1-particle cluster.Identifying micelles is one primary use-case for finding clusters. This operation is somewhat different, though. In a cluster of points, each and every point belongs to one and only one cluster. However, because a string of points belongs to a polymer, that single polymer may be present in more than one cluster. To handle this situation, an optional layer is presented on top of the
cluster_idx
array. Given a key value per particle (i.e. the polymer id), the computeClusterMembership function will processcluster_idx
with the key values in mind and provide a list of keys that are present in each cluster.Module author: Joshua Anderson <joaander@umich.edu>
Parameters: - box (
freud.box.Box
) – simulation box - rcut (float) – Particle distance cutoff
Note
2D:
freud.cluster.Cluster
properly handles 2D boxes. The points must be passed in as[x, y, 0]
. Failing to set z=0 will lead to undefined behavior.-
box
¶ Return the stored freud Box.
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cluster_idx
¶ Returns 1D array of Cluster idx for each particle.
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cluster_keys
¶ Returns the keys contained in each cluster.
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computeClusterMembership
(self, keys)¶ Compute the clusters with key membership.
Loops over all particles and adds them to a list of sets. Each set contains all the keys that are part of that cluster.
Get the computed list with
getClusterKeys()
.Parameters: keys ( numpy.ndarray
, shape=(\(N_{particles}\)), dtype=numpy.uint32
) – Membership keys, one for each particle
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computeClusters
(self, points, nlist=None, box=None)¶ Compute the clusters for the given set of points.
Parameters: - points (
numpy.ndarray
, shape=(\(N_{particles}\), 3), dtype=numpy.float32
) – particle coordinates - nlist (
freud.locality.NeighborList
) –freud.locality.NeighborList
object to use to find bonds - box (
freud.box.Box
) – simulation box
- points (
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getBox
(self)¶ Return the stored freud Box.
Returns: freud Box Return type: freud.box.Box
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getClusterIdx
(self)¶ Returns 1D array of Cluster idx for each particle
Returns: 1D array of cluster idx Return type: numpy.ndarray
, shape=(\(N_{particles}\)), dtype=numpy.uint32
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getClusterKeys
(self)¶ Returns the keys contained in each cluster.
Returns: list of lists of each key contained in clusters Return type: list
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num_clusters
¶ Returns the number of clusters.
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num_particles
¶ Returns the number of particles.
- box (
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class
freud.cluster.
ClusterProperties
(box)¶ Routines for computing properties of point clusters.
Given a set of points and cluster ids (from
Cluster
, or another source), ClusterProperties determines the following properties for each cluster:- Center of mass
- Gyration tensor
The computed center of mass for each cluster (properly handling periodic boundary conditions) can be accessed with
getClusterCOM()
. This returns anumpy.ndarray
, shape= \(\left(N_{clusters}, 3 \right)\).The \(3 \times 3\) gyration tensor \(G\) can be accessed with
getClusterG()
. This returns anumpy.ndarray
, shape= \(\left(N_{clusters} \times 3 \times 3\right)\). The tensor is symmetric for each cluster.Module author: Joshua Anderson <joaander@umich.edu>
Parameters: box ( freud.box.Box
) – simulation box-
box
¶ Return the stored freud Box.
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cluster_COM
¶ Returns the center of mass of the last computed cluster.
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cluster_G
¶ Returns the cluster \(G\) tensors computed by the last call to
computeProperties()
. computeProperties.
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cluster_sizes
¶ Returns the cluster sizes computed by the last call to
computeProperties()
. computeProperties.
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computeProperties
(self, points, cluster_idx, box=None)¶ Compute properties of the point clusters.
Loops over all points in the given array and determines the center of mass of the cluster as well as the \(G\) tensor. These can be accessed after the call to ~.computeProperties() with
getClusterCOM()
andgetClusterG()
.Parameters: - points (
numpy.ndarray
, shape=(\(N_{particles}\), 3), dtype=numpy.float32
) – Positions of the particles making up the clusters - cluster_idx (
numpy.ndarray
, shape=(\(N_{particles}\)), dtype=numpy.uint32
) – List of cluster indexes for each particle - box (
freud.box.Box
) – simulation box
- points (
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getBox
(self)¶ Return the stored
freud.box.Box
object.Returns: freud Box Return type: freud.box.Box
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getClusterCOM
(self)¶ Returns the center of mass of the last computed cluster.
Returns: numpy array of cluster center of mass coordinates \(\left(x,y,z\right)\) Return type: numpy.ndarray
, shape=(\(N_{clusters}\), 3), dtype=numpy.float32
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getClusterG
(self)¶ Returns the cluster \(G\) tensors computed by the last call to
computeProperties()
.Returns: list of gyration tensors for each cluster Return type: numpy.ndarray
, shape=(\(N_{clusters}\), 3, 3), dtype=numpy.float32
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getClusterSizes
(self)¶ Returns the cluster sizes computed by the last call to
computeProperties()
. computeProperties.Returns: sizes of each cluster Return type: numpy.ndarray
, shape=(\(N_{clusters}\)), dtype=numpy.uint32
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getNumClusters
(self)¶ Count the number of clusters found in the last call to
computeProperties()
Returns: number of clusters Return type: int
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num_clusters
¶ Returns the number of clusters.