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We present a new algorithm for efficiently computing the $N$-point correlation functions (NPCFs) of a 3D density field for arbitrary $N$. This can be applied both to a discrete spectroscopic galaxy survey and a continuous field. By…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-27 Oliver H. E. Philcox , Zachary Slepian , Jiamin Hou , Craig Warner , Robert N. Cahn , Daniel J. Eisenstein

We present a new algorithm to rapidly compute the two-point (2PCF), three-point (3PCF) and n-point (n-PCF) correlation functions in roughly O(N log N) time for N particles, instead of O(N^n) as required by brute force approaches. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Lucy Liuxuan Zhang , Ue-Li Pen

We present here a new algorithm for the fast computation of N-point correlation functions in large astronomical data sets. The algorithm is based on kdtrees which are decorated with cached sufficient statistics thus allowing for orders of…

We develop, implement and test a set of algorithms for estimating N-point correlation functions from pixelized sky maps. These algorithms are slow, in the sense that they do not break the O(N_pix^N) barrier, and yet, they are fast enough…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 H. K. Eriksen , P. B. Lilje , A. J. Banday , K. M. Gorski

We present an algorithm for the fast computation of the general $N$-point spatial correlation functions of any discrete point set embedded within an Euclidean space of $\mathbb{R}^n$. Utilizing the concepts of kd-trees and graph databases,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-19 Cristiano G. Sabiu , Ben Hoyle , Juhan Kim , Xiao-Dong Li

Higher order statistics are investigated in ($\Omega$)CDM universes by analyzing $500\mpc$ high resolution tree N-body simulations with both $\Omega = 1$, and $\Omega < 1$. The amplitudes of the N-point correlation functions are calculated…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Istvan Szapudi , Thomas Quinn , Joachim Stadel , George Lake

We present an optimised multipole algorithm for computing the three-point correlation function (3PCF), tailored for application to large-scale cosmological datasets. The algorithm builds on a $in\, situ$ interpretation of correlation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-21 Wenjie Ju , Longlong Feng , Zhiqi Huang , Xin Sun , Weishan Zhu

We introduce two efficient algorithms for computing the partial Fourier transforms in one and two dimensions. Our study is motivated by the wave extrapolation procedure in reflection seismology. In both algorithms, the main idea is to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2008-02-13 Lexing Ying , Sergey Fomel

The $N$-point discrete Fourier transform (DFT) is a cornerstone for several signal processing applications. Many of these applications operate in real-time, making the computational complexity of the DFT a critical performance indicator to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-12-18 Saulo Queiroz , João P. Vilela , Edmundo Monteiro

We present an algorithm enabling computation of the anisotropic redshift-space galaxy 3-point correlation function (3PCF) scaling as $N^2$, with $N$ the number of galaxies. Our previous work showed how to compute the isotropic 3PCF with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-16 Zachary Slepian , Daniel J. Eisenstein

As we move towards future galaxy surveys, the three-point statistics will be increasingly leveraged to enhance the constraining power of the data on cosmological parameters. An essential part of the three-point function estimation is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-22 David W. Pearson , Lado Samushia

Cosmological analyses are moving past the well understood 2-point statistics to extract more information from cosmological fields. A natural step in extending inference pipelines to other summary statistics is to include higher order…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-20 Kai Lehman , Zhengyangguang Gong , David Gebauer , Stella Seitz , Jochen Weller

Here we show how to produce a 3D density field with a given set of higher-order correlation functions. Our algorithm enables producing any desired two-point, three-point, and four-point functions, including odd-parity for the latter. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-16 Zachary Slepian

Participation factors (PFs) quantify the interaction between system modes and state variables, and they play a crucial role in various applications such as modal analysis, model reduction, and control design. With increasing system…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-12 Mahsa Sajjadi , Kaiyang Huang , Kai Sun

We present a new method for computing the Near-To-Far-Field (NTFF) transformation in FDTD simulations which has an overall scaling of $O(N^3)$ instead of the standard $O(N^4)$. By mapping the far field with a cartesian coordinate system the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2013-11-05 Travis Garrett

A class of improved estimators is proposed for N-point correlation functions of galaxy clustering, and for discrete spatial random processes in general. In the limit of weak clustering, the variance of the unbiased estimator converges to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 István Szapudi , Alexander S. Szalay

Classical density functional theory (DFT) of fluids is a valuable tool to analyze inhomogeneous fluids. However, few numerical solution algorithms for three-dimensional systems exist. Here we present an efficient numerical scheme for fluids…

We present a new $\texttt{python}$ package SARABANDE for measuring 3 & 4 Point Correlation Functions (3/4 PCFs) in $\mathcal{O}(N_{\rm g} \log N_{\rm g})$ time using Fast Fourier Transforms (FFTs), with $N_{\rm g}$ the number of grid points…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-26 James Sunseri , Zachary Slepian , Stephen Portillo , Jiamin Hou , Sule Kahraman , Douglas P. Finkbeiner

We propose a self-contained and accessible derivation of an exact formula for the $n$-point correlation functions of the signal measured when continuously observing a quantum system. The expression depends on the initial quantum state and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-10 Pierre Guilmin , Pierre Rouchon , Antoine Tilloy

Previous work (Slepian 2024) showed that the Smith-Zaldarriaga (2011) algorithm to realize Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) maps with any desired harmonic-space bispectrum could be generalized to produce a 3D density field with any desired…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-23 Zcahary Slepian , Alessandro Greco
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