Gaussians_Animations.ipynb

Kernel: Python 3

from __future__ import division, print_function
%matplotlib inline
import sys
sys.path.insert(0,'..') # allow us to format the book
sys.path.insert(0,'../code') 
# use same formatting as rest of book so that the plots are
# consistant with that look and feel.
import book_format
book_format.load_style(directory='..')

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from gif_animate import animate
from stats import gaussian
import matplotlib.pylab as pylab
from matplotlib import animation
import matplotlib

def plt_g (mu, variance):
    xs = np.arange(2,8,0.05)
    ys = [gaussian (x, mu, variance) for x in xs]
    plt.plot (xs, ys)
    plt.ylim((0,1))


mu = 2
sigma = 0.6
def ganimate(frame):
    global mu, sigma
    if frame < 25:
        mu += .2
    elif frame == 25:
        mu = 5
    elif frame < 37:
        sigma -= 0.05
    else:
        sigma += 0.05

    plt.cla()
    plt_g(mu,sigma)

animate('04_gaussian_animate.gif', ganimate, 
        frames=80, interval=50, figsize=(6,4))