pow¶

paddle. pow ( x, y, name=None ) [source]

Compute the power of Tensor elements. The equation is:

\[out = x^{y}\]

Note

paddle.pow supports broadcasting. If you want know more about broadcasting, please refer to Introduction to Tensor .

Parameters

• x (Tensor) – An N-D Tensor, the data type is float16, float32, float64, int32 or int64.

• y (float|int|Tensor) – If it is an N-D Tensor, its data type should be the same as x.

• name (str, optional) – Name for the operation (optional, default is None). For more information, please refer to Name.

Returns

N-D Tensor. A location into which the result is stored. Its dimension and data type are the same as x.

Examples

import paddle

x = paddle.to_tensor([1, 2, 3], dtype='float32')

# example 1: y is a float or int
res = paddle.pow(x, 2)
print(res)
# Tensor(shape=[3], dtype=float32, place=CUDAPlace(0), stop_gradient=True,
#        [1., 4., 9.])
res = paddle.pow(x, 2.5)
print(res)
# Tensor(shape=[3], dtype=float32, place=CUDAPlace(0), stop_gradient=True,
#        [1.         , 5.65685415 , 15.58845711])

# example 2: y is a Tensor
y = paddle.to_tensor([2], dtype='float32')
res = paddle.pow(x, y)
print(res)
# Tensor(shape=[3], dtype=float32, place=CUDAPlace(0), stop_gradient=True,
#        [1., 4., 9.])