autodiff.Dual.__lt__¶
- Dual.__lt__(other)¶
Return element-wise (value and derivative vector) less than comparison of
self
andother
. andother
.- Parameters
- selfDual
- otherint, float, Dual
- Returns
- outtuple
Examples
Dual number and scalar:
>>> ad.Dual(42) < 5 (False, array([False]))
Two dual numbers (univariate):
>>> ad.Dual(1, [2]) < ad.Dual(5, [1]) (True, array([False]))
Two dual numbers (multivariate):
>>> ad.Dual(1, [4, 1]) < ad.Dual(5, [1, 2]) (True, array([False, True]))