tf.einsum(equation, *inputs)

tf.einsum(equation, *inputs)

See the guide: Math > Reduction

A generalized contraction between tensors of arbitrary dimension.

This function returns a tensor whose elements are defined by equation, which is written in a shorthand form inspired by the Einstein summation convention. As an example, consider multiplying two matrices A and B to form a matrix C. The elements of C are given by:

C[i,k] = sum_j A[i,j] * B[j,k]

The corresponding equation is:

ij,jk->ik

In general, the equation is obtained from the more familiar element-wise equation by 1. removing variable names, brackets, and commas, 2. replacing "*" with ",", 3. dropping summation signs, and 4. moving the output to the right, and replacing "=" with "->".

Many common operations can be expressed in this way. For example:

# Matrix multiplication
>>> einsum('ij,jk->ik', m0, m1)  # output[i,k] = sum_j m0[i,j] * m1[j, k]

# Dot product
>>> einsum('i,i->', u, v)  # output = sum_i u[i]*v[i]

# Outer product
>>> einsum('i,j->ij', u, v)  # output[i,j] = u[i]*v[j]

# Transpose
>>> einsum('ij->ji', m)  # output[j,i] = m[i,j]

# Batch matrix multiplication
>>> einsum('aij,ajk->aik', s, t)  # out[a,i,k] = sum_j s[a,i,j] * t[a, j, k]

This function behaves like numpy.einsum, but does not support: Ellipses (subscripts like ij...,jk...->ik...) Subscripts where an axis appears more than once for a single input (e.g. ijj,k->ik). * Subscripts that are summed across multiple inputs (e.g., ij,ij,jk->ik).

Args:

• equation: a str describing the contraction, in the same format as numpy.einsum.
• inputs: the inputs to contract (each one a Tensor), whose shapes should be consistent with equation.

Returns:

The contracted Tensor, with shape determined by equation.

Raises:

• ValueError: If
  • the format of equation is incorrect,
  • the number of inputs implied by equation does not match len(inputs),
  • an axis appears in the output subscripts but not in any of the inputs,
  • the number of dimensions of an input differs from the number of indices in its subscript, or
  • the input shapes are inconsistent along a particular axis.

Defined in tensorflow/python/ops/special_math_ops.py.