jax.numpy.outer¶

jax.numpy.outer(a, b, out=None)[source]¶

Compute the outer product of two vectors.

LAX-backend implementation of outer().

Original docstring below.

Given two vectors, a = [a0, a1, ..., aM] and b = [b0, b1, ..., bN], the outer product 1 is:

[[a0*b0  a0*b1 ... a0*bN ]
 [a1*b0    .
 [ ...          .
 [aM*b0            aM*bN ]]

Parameters

a ((M,) array_like) – First input vector. Input is flattened if not already 1-dimensional.
b ((N,) array_like) – Second input vector. Input is flattened if not already 1-dimensional.

Returns

out – out[i, j] = a[i] * b[j]

Return type

(M, N) ndarray

References

1: : G. H. Golub and C. F. Van Loan, Matrix Computations, 3rd ed., Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, pg. 8.