Added trace alias to jnp.linalg

Related to #21088

jax/_src/numpy/linalg.py

@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ def _slogdet_qr(a: Array) -> tuple[Array, Array]:
 @partial(jit, static_argnames=('method',))
 def slogdet(a: ArrayLike, *, method: str | None = None) -> SlogdetResult:
   """
-  Computes the sign and (natural) logarithm of the determinant of an array.
+  Compute the sign and (natural) logarithm of the determinant of an array.
 
   JAX implementation of :func:`numpy.linalg.slotdet`.
 
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ def _det_3x3(a: Array) -> Array:
 @jit
 def det(a: ArrayLike) -> Array:
   """
-  Computes the determinant of an array.
+  Compute the determinant of an array.
 
   JAX implementation of :func:`numpy.linalg.det`.
 
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ def _det_jvp(primals, tangents):
 
 def eig(a: ArrayLike) -> tuple[Array, Array]:
   """
-  Computes the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a square array.
+  Compute the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a square array.
 
   JAX implementation of :func:`numpy.linalg.eig`.
 
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ def eig(a: ArrayLike) -> tuple[Array, Array]:
 @jit
 def eigvals(a: ArrayLike) -> Array:
   """
-  Computes the eigenvalues of a general matrix.
+  Compute the eigenvalues of a general matrix.
 
   JAX implementation of :func:`numpy.linalg.eigvals`.
 
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ def eigvals(a: ArrayLike) -> Array:
 def eigh(a: ArrayLike, UPLO: str | None = None,
          symmetrize_input: bool = True) -> EighResult:
   """
-  Computes the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a Hermitian matrix.
+  Compute the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a Hermitian matrix.
 
   JAX implementation of :func:`numpy.linalg.eigh`.
 
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ def eigh(a: ArrayLike, UPLO: str | None = None,
 @partial(jit, static_argnames=('UPLO',))
 def eigvalsh(a: ArrayLike, UPLO: str | None = 'L') -> Array:
   """
-  Computes the eigenvalues of a Hermitian matrix.
+  Compute the eigenvalues of a Hermitian matrix.
 
   JAX implementation of :func:`numpy.linalg.eigvalsh`.
 
@@ -1599,7 +1599,7 @@ def matrix_transpose(x: ArrayLike, /) -> Array:
 
 def vector_norm(x: ArrayLike, /, *, axis: int | None = None, keepdims: bool = False,
                 ord: int | str = 2) -> Array:
-  """Computes the vector norm of a vector or batch of vectors.
+  """Compute the vector norm of a vector or batch of vectors.
 
   JAX implementation of :func:`numpy.linalg.vector_norm`.
 
@@ -2136,3 +2136,47 @@ def cond(x: ArrayLike, p=None):
     r = norm(x, ord=p, axis=(-2, -1)) * norm(inv(x), ord=p, axis=(-2, -1))
   # Convert NaNs to infs where original array has no NaNs.
   return jnp.where(ufuncs.isnan(r) & ~ufuncs.isnan(x).any(axis=(-2, -1)), jnp.inf, r)
+
+
+def trace(x: ArrayLike, /, *,
+          offset: int = 0, dtype: DTypeLike | None = None) -> Array:
+  """Compute the trace of a matrix.
+
+  JAX implementation of :func:`numpy.linalg.trace`.
+
+  Args:
+    x: array of shape ``(..., M, N)`` and whose innermost two
+      dimensions form MxN matrices for which to take the trace.
+    offset: positive or negative offset from the main diagonal
+      (default: 0).
+    dtype: data type of the returned array (default: ``None``). If ``None``,
+      then output dtype will match the dtype of ``x``, promoted to default
+      precision in the case of integer types.
+
+  Returns:
+    array of batched traces with shape ``x.shape[:-2]``
+
+  See also:
+    - :func:`jax.numpy.trace`: similar API in the ``jax.numpy`` namespace.
+
+  Examples:
+    Trace of a single matrix:
+
+    >>> x = jnp.array([[1,  2,  3,  4],
+    ...                [5,  6,  7,  8],
+    ...                [9, 10, 11, 12]])
+    >>> jnp.linalg.trace(x)
+    Array(18, dtype=int32)
+    >>> jnp.linalg.trace(x, offset=1)
+    Array(21, dtype=int32)
+    >>> jnp.linalg.trace(x, offset=-1, dtype="float32")
+    Array(15., dtype=float32)
+
+    Batched traces:
+
+    >>> x = jnp.arange(24).reshape(2, 3, 4)
+    >>> jnp.linalg.trace(x)
+    Array([15, 51], dtype=int32)
+  """
+  check_arraylike('jnp.linalg.trace', x)
+  return jnp.trace(x, offset=offset, axis1=-2, axis2=-1, dtype=dtype)

jax/experimental/array_api/linalg.py

@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@
   vector_norm as vector_norm,
 )
 
-# TODO(micky774): Add trace to jax.numpy.linalg
-from jax.numpy import trace as trace
+from jax.numpy.linalg import trace as trace
 
 from jax.experimental.array_api._linear_algebra_functions import (
   matrix_rank as matrix_rank,

jax/numpy/linalg.py

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
   tensordot as tensordot,
   tensorinv as tensorinv,
   tensorsolve as tensorsolve,
+  trace as trace,
   vector_norm as vector_norm,
   vecdot as vecdot,
 )

tests/linalg_test.py

@@ -1305,6 +1305,18 @@ def testDiagonal(self, shape, dtype, offset):
     self._CheckAgainstNumpy(np_fun, lax_fun, args_maker)
     self._CompileAndCheck(lax_fun, args_maker)
 
+  def testTrace(self):
+    shape, dtype, offset, out_dtype = (3, 4), "float32", 0, None
+    rng = jtu.rand_default(self.rng())
+    args_maker = lambda: [rng(shape, dtype)]
+    lax_fun = partial(jnp.linalg.trace, offset=offset, dtype=out_dtype)
+    if jtu.numpy_version() >= (2, 0, 0):
+      np_fun = partial(np.linalg.trace, offset=offset)
+    else:
+      np_fun = partial(np.trace, offset=offset, axis1=-2, axis2=-1, dtype=out_dtype)
+    self._CheckAgainstNumpy(np_fun, lax_fun, args_maker)
+    self._CompileAndCheck(lax_fun, args_maker)
+
 
 class ScipyLinalgTest(jtu.JaxTestCase):