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Error in implementation of Crank-Nicolson method applied to 1D TDSE?

This is more of a computational physics problem, and I've asked it on physics stack exchange, but no answers on there. This is, I suppose, a mix of the disciplines on here and there (and maybe even mathematics stack exchange), so finding the right place to post is a task in of itself apparently...
I'm attempting to use Crank-Nicolson scheme to solve the TDSE in 1D. The initial wave is a real Gaussian that has been normalised wrt its probability density. As the solution evolves, a depression grows in the central peak of the real part of the wave, and the imaginary part's central trough is perhaps a bit higher than I expect (image below).
Does this behaviour seem reasonable? I have searched around and not seen questions/figures that are similar. I've tested another person's code from Github and it exhibits the same behaviour, which makes me feel a bit better. But I still think the center peak should just decrease in height and increase in width. The likelihood of me getting a physics-based explanation is relatively low here I'd assume, but a computational-based explanation on errors I may have made is more likely.
I'm happy to give more information, for example my code, or the matrices used in the scheme, etc. Thanks in advance!
Here's a link to GIF of time evolution:
And the part of my code relevant to solving the 1D TDSE:
(pretty much the entire thing except the plotting)
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.animation import FuncAnimation
# Define function for norm.
def normf(dxc, uc, ic):
return sum(dxc * np.square(np.abs(uc[ic, :])))
# Define function for expectation value of position.
def xexpf(dxc, xc, uc, ic):
return sum(dxc * xc * np.square(np.abs(uc[ic, :])))
# Define function for expectation value of squared position.
def xexpsf(dxc, xc, uc, ic):
return sum(dxc * np.square(xc) * np.square(np.abs(uc[ic, :])))
# Define function for standard deviation.
def sdaf(xexpc, xexpsc, ic):
return np.sqrt(xexpsc[ic] - np.square(xexpc[ic]))
# Time t: t0 =< t =< tf. Have N steps at which to evaluate the CN scheme. The
# time interval is dt. decp: variable for plotting to certain number of decimal
# places.
t0 = 0
tf = 20
N = 200
dt = tf / N
t = np.linspace(t0, tf, num = N + 1, endpoint = True)
decp = str(dt)[::-1].find('.')
# Initialise array for filling with norm values at each time step.
norm = np.zeros(len(t))
# Initialise array for expectation value of position.
xexp = np.zeros(len(t))
# Initialise array for expectation value of squared position.
xexps = np.zeros(len(t))
# Initialise array for alternate standard deviation.
sda = np.zeros(len(t))
# Position x: -a =< x =< a. M is an even number. There are M + 1 total discrete
# positions, for the points to be symmetric and centred at x = 0.
a = 100
M = 1200
dx = (2 * a) / M
x = np.linspace(-a, a, num = M + 1, endpoint = True)
# The gaussian function u diffuses over time. sd sets the width of gaussian. u0
# is the initial gaussian at t0.
sd = 1
var = np.power(sd, 2)
mu = 0
u0 = np.sqrt(1 / np.sqrt(np.pi * var)) * np.exp(-np.power(x - mu, 2) / (2 * \
var))
u = np.zeros([len(t), len(x)], dtype = 'complex_')
u[0, :] = u0
# Normalise u.
u[0, :] = u[0, :] / np.sqrt(normf(dx, u, 0))
# Set coefficients of CN scheme.
alpha = dt * -1j / (4 * np.power(dx, 2))
beta = dt * 1j / (4 * np.power(dx, 2))
# Tridiagonal matrices Al and AR. Al to be solved using Thomas algorithm.
Al = np.zeros([len(x), len(x)], dtype = 'complex_')
for i in range (0, M):
Al[i + 1, i] = alpha
Al[i, i] = 1 - (2 * alpha)
Al[i, i + 1] = alpha
# Corner elements for BC's.
Al[M, M], Al[0, 0] = 1 - alpha, 1 - alpha
Ar = np.zeros([len(x), len(x)], dtype = 'complex_')
for i in range (0, M):
Ar[i + 1, i] = beta
Ar[i, i] = 1 - (2 * beta)
Ar[i, i + 1] = beta
# Corner elements for BC's.
Ar[M, M], Ar[0, 0] = 1 - 2*beta, 1 - beta
# Thomas algorithm variables. Following similar naming as in Wiki article.
a = np.diag(Al, -1)
b = np.diag(Al)
c = np.diag(Al, 1)
NT = len(b)
cp = np.zeros(NT - 1, dtype = 'complex_')
for n in range(0, NT - 1):
if n == 0:
cp[n] = c[n] / b[n]
else:
cp[n] = c[n] / (b[n] - (a[n - 1] * cp[n - 1]))
d = np.zeros(NT, dtype = 'complex_')
dp = np.zeros(NT, dtype = 'complex_')
# Iterate over each time step to solve CN method. Maintain boundary
# conditions. Keep track of standard deviation.
for i in range(0, N):
# BC's.
u[i, 0], u[i, M] = 0, 0
# Find RHS.
d = np.dot(Ar, u[i, :])
for n in range(0, NT):
if n == 0:
dp[n] = d[n] / b[n]
else:
dp[n] = (d[n] - (a[n - 1] * dp[n - 1])) / (b[n] - (a[n - 1] * \
cp[n - 1]))
nc = NT - 1
while nc > -1:
if nc == NT - 1:
u[i + 1, nc] = dp[nc]
nc -= 1
else:
u[i + 1, nc] = dp[nc] - (cp[nc] * u[i + 1, nc + 1])
nc -= 1
norm[i] = normf(dx, u, i)
xexp[i] = xexpf(dx, x, u, i)
xexps[i] = xexpsf(dx, x, u, i)
sda[i] = sdaf(xexp, xexps, i)
# Fill in final norm value.
norm[N] = normf(dx, u, N)
# Fill in final position expectation value.
xexp[N] = xexpf(dx, x, u, N)
# Fill in final squared position expectation value.
xexps[N] = xexpsf(dx, x, u, N)
# Fill in final standard deviation value.
sda[N] = sdaf(xexp, xexps, N)

How to plot the motion of a projectile under the effect of gravity, buoyancy and air resistance?

I am trying to make a plot of a projectile motion of a mass which is under the effect of gravitational, buoyancy and drag force. Basically, I want to show effects of the buoyancy and drag force on flight distance, flight time and velocity change on plotting.
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
V_initial = 30 # m/s
theta = np.pi/6 # 30
g = 3.711
m =1
C = 0.47
r = 0.5
S = np.pi*pow(r, 2)
ro_mars = 0.0175
t_flight = 2*(V_initial*np.sin(theta)/g)
t = np.linspace(0, t_flight, 200)
# Drag force
Ft = 0.5*C*S*ro_mars*pow(V_initial, 2)
# Buoyant Force
Fb = ro_mars*g*(4/3*np.pi*pow(r, 3))
x_loc = []
y_loc = []
for time in t:
x = V_initial*time*np.cos(theta)
y = V_initial*time*np.sin(theta) - (1/2)*g*pow(time, 2)
x_loc.append(x)
y_loc.append(y)
x_vel = []
y_vel = []
for time in t:
vx = V_initial*np.cos(theta)
vy = V_initial*np.sin(theta) - g*time
x_vel.append(vx)
y_vel.append(vy)
v_ch = [pow(i**2+ii**2, 0.5) for i in x_vel for ii in y_vel]
tau = []
for velocity in v_ch:
Ft = 0.5*C*S*ro_mars*pow(velocity, 2)
tau.append(Ft)
buoy = []
for velocity in v_ch:
Fb = ro_mars*g*(4/3*np.pi*pow(r, 3))
buoy.append(Fb)
after this point, I couldn't figure out how to plot to a projectile motion under this forces. In other words, I'm trying to compare the projectile motion of the mass under three circumstances
Mass only under the effect of gravity
Mass under the effect of gravity and air resistance
Mass under the effect of gravity, air resistance, and buoyancy

You must calculate each location based on the sum of forces at the given time. For this it is better to start from calculating the net force at any time and using this to calculate the acceleration, velocity and then position. For the following calculations, it is assumed that buoyancy and gravity are constant (which is not true in reality but the effect of their variability is negligible in this case), it is also assumed that the initial position is (0,0) though this can be trivially changed to any initial position.
F_x = tau_x
F_y = tau_y + bouyancy + gravity
Where tau_x and tau_y are the drag forces in the x and y directions, respectively. The velocities, v_x and v_y, are then given by
v_x = v_x + (F_x / (2 * m)) * dt
v_y = v_y + (F_y / (2 * m)) * dt
So the x and y positions, r_x and r_y, at any time t are given by the summation of
r_x = r_x + v_x * dt
r_y = r_y + v_y * dt
In both cases this must be evaluated from 0 to t for some dt where dt * n = t if n is the number of steps in summation.
r_x = r_x + V_i * np.cos(theta) * dt + (F_x / (2 * m)) * dt**2
r_y = r_y + V_i * np.sin(theta) * dt + (F_y / (2 * m)) * dt**2
The entire calculation can actually be done in two lines,
r_x = r_x + V_i * np.cos(theta) * dt + (tau_x / (2 * m)) * dt**2
r_y = r_y + V_i * np.sin(theta) * dt + ((tau_y + bouyancy + gravity) / (2 * m)) * dt**2
Except that v_x and v_y require updating at every time step. To loop over this and calculate the x and y positions across a range of times you can simply follow the below (edited) example.
The following code includes corrections to prevent negative y positions, since the given value of g is for the surface or Mars I assume this is appropriate - when you hit zero y and try to keep going you may end up with a rapid unscheduled disassembly, as we physicists call it.
Edit
In response to the edited question, the following example has been modified to plot all three cases requested - gravity, gravity plus drag, and gravity plus drag and buoyancy. Plot setup code has also been added
Complete example (edited)
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
def projectile(V_initial, theta, bouyancy=True, drag=True):
g = 9.81
m = 1
C = 0.47
r = 0.5
S = np.pi*pow(r, 2)
ro_mars = 0.0175
time = np.linspace(0, 100, 10000)
tof = 0.0
dt = time[1] - time[0]
bouy = ro_mars*g*(4/3*np.pi*pow(r, 3))
gravity = -g * m
V_ix = V_initial * np.cos(theta)
V_iy = V_initial * np.sin(theta)
v_x = V_ix
v_y = V_iy
r_x = 0.0
r_y = 0.0
r_xs = list()
r_ys = list()
r_xs.append(r_x)
r_ys.append(r_y)
# This gets a bit 'hand-wavy' but as dt -> 0 it approaches the analytical solution.
# Just make sure you use sufficiently small dt (dt is change in time between steps)
for t in time:
F_x = 0.0
F_y = 0.0
if (bouyancy == True):
F_y = F_y + bouy
if (drag == True):
F_y = F_y - 0.5*C*S*ro_mars*pow(v_y, 2)
F_x = F_x - 0.5*C*S*ro_mars*pow(v_x, 2) * np.sign(v_y)
F_y = F_y + gravity
r_x = r_x + v_x * dt + (F_x / (2 * m)) * dt**2
r_y = r_y + v_y * dt + (F_y / (2 * m)) * dt**2
v_x = v_x + (F_x / m) * dt
v_y = v_y + (F_y / m) * dt
if (r_y >= 0.0):
r_xs.append(r_x)
r_ys.append(r_y)
else:
tof = t
r_xs.append(r_x)
r_ys.append(r_y)
break
return r_xs, r_ys, tof
v = 30
theta = np.pi/4
fig = plt.figure(figsize=(8,4), dpi=300)
r_xs, r_ys, tof = projectile(v, theta, True, True)
plt.plot(r_xs, r_ys, 'g:', label="Gravity, Buoyancy, and Drag")
r_xs, r_ys, tof = projectile(v, theta, False, True)
plt.plot(r_xs, r_ys, 'b:', label="Gravity and Drag")
r_xs, r_ys, tof = projectile(v, theta, False, False)
plt.plot(r_xs, r_ys, 'k:', label="Gravity")
plt.title("Trajectory", fontsize=14)
plt.xlabel("Displacement in x-direction (m)")
plt.ylabel("Displacement in y-direction (m)")
plt.ylim(bottom=0.0)
plt.legend()
plt.show()
Note that this preserves and returns the time-of-flight in the variable tof.

Using vector notation, and odeint.
import numpy as np
from scipy.integrate import odeint
import scipy.constants as SPC
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
V_initial = 30 # m/s
theta = np.pi/6 # 30
g = 3.711
m = 1 # I assume this is your mass
C = 0.47
r = 0.5
ro_mars = 0.0175
t_flight = 2*(V_initial*np.sin(theta)/g)
t = np.linspace(0, t_flight, 200)
pos0 = [0, 0]
v0 = [np.cos(theta) * V_initial, np.sin(theta) * V_initial]
def f(vector, t, C, r, ro_mars, apply_bouyancy=True, apply_resistance=True):
x, y, x_prime, y_prime = vector
# volume and surface
V = np.pi * 4/3 * r**3
S = np.pi*pow(r, 2)
# net weight bouyancy
if apply_bouyancy:
Fb = (ro_mars * V - m) * g *np.array([0,1])
else:
Fb = -m * g * np.array([0,1])
# velocity vector
v = np.array([x_prime, y_prime])
# drag force - corrected to be updated based on current velocity
# Ft = -0.5*C*S*ro_mars*pow(V_initial, 2)
if apply_resistance:
Ft = -0.5*C*S*ro_mars* v *np.linalg.norm(v)
else:
Ft = np.array([0, 0])
# resulting acceleration
x_prime2, y_prime2 = (Fb + Ft) / m
return x_prime, y_prime, x_prime2, y_prime2
sol = odeint(f, pos0 + v0 , t, args=(C, r, ro_mars))
plt.plot(sol[:,0], sol[:, 1], 'g', label='tray')
plt.legend(loc='best')
plt.xlabel('x')
plt.ylabel('y')
plt.grid()
plt.show()
Note that I corrected your drag force to use the actual (not initial) velocity, I do not know if that was your mistake or it was on purpose.
Also please check the documentation for odeint to understand better how to turn a second order ODE (like the one in your problem) to a first order vector ODE.
To remove air resistance or bouyancy, set apply_bouyancy and apply_resistance to True or False by adding them to the args=(...)

Smoothing signal - convolution

I have an iterative model in Python which generates at signal using a function which contains a derivative. As the model iterates the signal becomes noisy - I suspect it may be an issue with computing the numerical derivative. I've tried to smooth this by applying a low-pass filter, convolving the noisy signal with a Gaussian kernel. I use the code snippet:
nw = 256
std = 40
window = gaussian(nw, std, sym=True)
filtered = convolve(current, window, mode='same') / np.sum(window)
where current is my signal, and gaussian and convolve have been imported from scipy. This seems to give a slight improvement, and the first 2 or 3 iterations appear very smooth. However, after that the signal becomes extremely noisy again, despite the fact that the low-pass filter is positioned inside the iterative loop.
Can anyone suggest where I might be going wrong or how I could better tackle this problem? Thanks.
EDIT: As suggested I've included the code I'm using below. At 5 iterations the noise on the signal is clearly apparent.
import numpy as np
from scipy import special
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from scipy.integrate import odeint
from scipy.signal import convolve
from scipy.signal import gaussian
# Constants
B = 426400E-9 # tesla
R = 71723E3
Rkm = R / 1000.
Omega = 1.75e-4 #8.913E-4 # rads/s
period = (2. * np.pi / Omega) / 3600. # Gets period in hours
Bj = 2.0 * B
mdot = 1000.
sigmapstar = 0.05
# Create rhoe array
rho0 = 5.* R
rho1 = 100. * R
rhoe = np.linspace(rho0, rho1, 2.E5)
# Define flux function and z component of equatorial field strength
Fe = B * R**3 / rhoe
Bze = B * (R/rhoe)**3
def derivs(u, rhoe, p):
"""Computes the derivative"""
wOmegaJ = u
Bj, sigmapstar, mdot, B, R = p
# Compute the derivative of w/omegaJ wrt rhoe (**Fe and Bjz have been subbed)
dwOmegaJ = (((8.0*np.pi*sigmapstar*B**2 * (R**6)) / (mdot * rhoe**5)) \
*(1.0-wOmegaJ) - (2.*wOmegaJ/rhoe))
res = dwOmegaJ
return res
its = 5 # number of iterations to perform
i = 0
# Loop to iterate
while i < its:
# Define the initial condition of rigid corotation
wOmegaJ_0 = 1
params = [Bj, sigmapstar, mdot, B, R]
init = wOmegaJ_0
# Compute numerical solution to Hill eqn
u = odeint(derivs, init, rhoe, args=(params,))
wOmega = u[:,0]
# Calculate I_rho
i_rho = 8. * np.pi * sigmapstar * Omega * Fe * ( 1. - wOmega)
dx = rhoe[1] - rhoe[0]
differential = np.gradient(i_rho, dx)
jpara = 1. * differential / (4 * np.pi * rhoe * Bze )
jpari = 2. * B * para
# Remove infinity and NaN values)
jpari[~np.isfinite(jpari)] = 0.0
# Convolve to smooth curve
nw = 256
std = 40
window = gaussian(nw, std, sym=True)
filtered = convolve(jpari, window, mode='same') /np.sum(window)
jpari = filtered
# Pedersen conductivity as function of jpari
sigmapstar0 = 0.05
jstar = 0.01e-6
jstarstar = 0.25e-6
s1 = 0.1e6#0.1e6 # (Am^-2)^-1
s2 = 9.9e6 # (Am^-2)^-1
n = 8.
# Calculate news sigmapstar. Realistic conductivity
sigmapstarNew = sigmapstar0 + 0.5 * (s1 + s2/(1 + (jpari/jstarstar)**n)**(1./n)) * (np.sqrt(jpari**2 + jstar**2) + jpari)
sigmapstarNew = sigmapstarNew
diff = np.abs(sigmapstar - sigmapstarNew) / sigmapstar * 100
diff = max(diff)
sigmapstar = 0.5* sigmapstar + 0.5* sigmapstarNew # Weighted averaging
i += 1
print diff
# Plot jpari
ax = plt.subplot(111)
ax.plot(rhoe/R, jpari * 1e6)
ax.axhline(0, ls=':')
ax.set_xlabel(r'$\rho_e / R_{UCD}$')
ax.set_ylabel(r'$j_{\parallel i} $ / $ \mu$ A m$^{-2}$')
ax.set_xlim([0,80])
ax.set_ylim(-0.01,0.01)
plt.locator_params(nbins=5)
plt.draw()
plt.show()

IndexError: index 10000 is out of bounds for axis 0 with size 10000

For my physics degree, I have to take some Python lessons. I'm an absolute beginner and as such, I can't understand other answers. The code is to plot an object's trajectory with air resistance. I would really appreciate a quick fix - I think it has something to do with the time variable being too small but increasing it doesn't help.
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import math # need math module for trigonometric functions
g = 9.81 #gravitational constant
dt = 1e-3 #integration time step (delta t)
v0 = 40 # initial speed at t = 0
angle = math.pi/4 #math.pi = 3.14, launch angle in radians
time = np.arange(0, 10, dt) #time axis
vx0 = math.cos(angle)*v0 # starting velocity along x axis
vy0 = math.sin(angle)*v0 # starting velocity along y axis
xa = vx0*time # compute x coordinates
ya = -0.5*g*time**2 + vy0*time # compute y coordinates
def traj_fric(angle, v0): # function for trajectory
vx0 = math.cos(angle) * v0 # for some launch angle and starting velocity
vy0 = math.sin(angle) * v0 # compute x and y component of starting velocity
x = np.zeros(len(time)) #initialise x and y arrays
y = np.zeros(len(time))
x[0], y[0], 0 #projecitle starts at 0,0
x[1], y[1] = x[0] + vx0 * dt, y[0] + vy0 * dt # second elements of x and
# y are determined by initial
# velocity
i = 1
while y[i] >= 0: # conditional loop continuous until
# projectile hits ground
gamma = 0.005 # constant of friction
height = 100 # height at which air friction disappears
f = 0.5 * gamma * (height - y[i]) * dt
x[i + 1] = (2 * x[i] - x[i - 1] + f * x[i - 1])/1 + f # numerical integration to find x[i + 1]
y[i + 1] = (2 * y[i] - y[i - 1] + f * y[i - 1] - g * dt ** 2)/ 1 + f # and y[i + 1]
i = i + 1 # increment i for next loop
x = x[0:i+1] # truncate x and y arrays
y = y[0:i+1]
return x, y, (dt*i), x[i] # return x, y, flight time, range of projectile
x, y, duration, distance = traj_fric(angle, v0)
fig1 = plt.figure()
plt.plot(xa, ya) # plot y versus x
plt.xlabel ("x")
plt.ylabel ("y")
plt.ylim(0, max(ya)+max(ya)*0.2)
plt.xlim(0, distance+distance*0.1)
plt.show()
print "Distance:" ,distance
print "Duration:" ,duration
n = 5
angles = np.linspace(0, math.pi/2, n)
maxrange = np.zeros(n)
for i in range(n):
x,y, duration, maxrange [i] = traj_fric(angles[i], v0)
angles = angles/2/math.pi*360 #convert rad to degress
print "Optimum angle:", angles[np.where(maxrange==np.max(maxrange))]
The error is:
File "C:/Python27/Lib/site-packages/xy/projectile_fric.py", line 43, in traj_fric
x[i + 1] = (2 * x[i] - x[i - 1] + f * x[i - 1])/1 + f # numerical integration to find x[i + 1]
IndexError: index 10000 is out of bounds for axis 0 with size 10000

This is pretty straightforward. When you have a size of 10000, element index 10000 is out of bounds because indexing begins with 0, not 1. Therefore, the 10,000th element is index 9999, and anything larger than that is out of bounds.

Mason Wheeler's answer told you what Python was telling you. The problem occurs in this loop:
while y[i] >= 0: # conditional loop continuous until
# projectile hits ground
gamma = 0.005 # constant of friction
height = 100 # height at which air friction disappears
f = 0.5 * gamma * (height - y[i]) * dt
x[i + 1] = (2 * x[i] - x[i - 1] + f * x[i - 1])/1 + f # numerical integration to find x[i + 1]
y[i + 1] = (2 * y[i] - y[i - 1] + f * y[i - 1] - g * dt ** 2)/ 1 + f # and y[i + 1]
i = i + 1 # increment i for next loop
The simple fix is to change the loop to something like (I don't know Python syntax, so bear with me):
while (y[i] >= 0) and (i < len(time)):
That will stop the sim when you run out of array, but it will (potentially) also stop the sim with the projectile hanging in mid-air.
What you have here is a very simple ballistic projectile simulation, modeling atmospheric friction as a linear function of altitude. QUALITATIVELY, what is happening is that your projectile is not hitting the ground in the time you allowed, and you are attempting to overrun your tracking arrays. This is caused by failure to allow sufficient time-of-flight. Observe that the greatest possible time-of-flight occurs when atmospheric friction is zero, and it is then trivial to compute a closed-form upper bound for time-of-flight. You then use that upper bound as your time, and you will allocate sufficient array space to simulate the projectile all the way to impact.

enter code heredef data_to_array(total):
random.shuffle(total)
X = np.zeros((len(total_train), 224, 224, 3)).astype('float')
y = []
for i, img_path in enumerate(total):
img = cv2.imread('/content/gdrive/My Drive/PP/Training/COVID/COVID-19 (538).jpg')
img = cv2.resize(img, (224, 224))
X[i] = img - 1
if len(re.findall('covid', '/content/gdrive/My Drive/PP/Training/COVID/COVID-19 (538).jpg')) == 3:
y.append(0)
else:
y.append(1)
y = np.array(y)
return X, y
X_train, y_train = data_to_array(total_train)
X_test, y_test = data_to_array(total_val)

Initialising a vector field in numpy

I'd like to initialize a numpy array to represent a two-dimensional vector field on a 100 x 100 grid of points defined by:
import numpy as np
dx = dy = 0.1
nx = ny = 100
x, y = np.meshgrid(np.arange(0,nx*dx,dx), np.arange(0,ny*dy,dy))
The field is a constant-speed circulation about the point cx,cy and I can initialize it OK with regular Python loops:
v = np.empty((nx, ny, 2))
cx, cy = 5, 5
s = 2
for i in range(nx):
for j in range(ny):
rx, ry = i*dx - cx, j*dy - cy
r = np.hypot(rx, ry)
if r == 0:
v[i,j] = 0,0
continue
# (-ry/r, rx/r): the unit vector tangent to the circle centred at (cx,cy), radius r
v[i,j] = (s * -ry/r, s * rx/r)
But when I'm having trouble vectorizing with numpy. The closest I've got is
v = np.array([s * -(y-cy) / np.hypot(x-cx, y-cy), s * (x-cx) / np.hypot(x-cx, y-cy)])
v = np.rollaxis(v, 1, 0)
v = np.rollaxis(v, 2, 1)
v[np.isinf(v)] = 0
But this isn't equivalent and doesn't give the right answer. What is the correct way to initialize a vector field using numpy?
EDIT: OK - now I'm confused following the suggestion below, I try:
vx = s * -(y-cy) / np.hypot(x-cx, y-cy)
vy = s * (x-cx) / np.hypot(x-cx, y-cy)
v = np.dstack((vx, vy))
v[np.isnan(v)] = 0
but get a completely different array...

From your initial setup:
import numpy as np
dx = dy = 0.1
nx = ny = 100
x, y = np.meshgrid(np.arange(0, nx * dx, dx),
np.arange(0, ny * dy, dy))
cx = cy = 5
s = 2
You could compute v like this:
rx, ry = y - cx, x - cy
r = np.hypot(rx, ry)
v2 = s * np.dstack((-ry, rx)) / r[..., None]
v2[np.isnan(v2)] = 0
If you're feeling really fancy, you could create yx as a 3D array, and broadcast all of the operations over it:
# we make these [2,] arrays to broadcast over the last output dimension
c = np.array([5, 5])
s = np.array([-2, 2])
# this creates a [100, 100, 2] mesh, where the last dimension corresponds
# to (y, x)
yx = np.mgrid[0:nx * dx:dx, 0:ny * dy:dy].T
yxdiff = yx - c[None, None, :]
r = np.hypot(yxdiff[..., 0], yxdiff[..., 1])[..., None]
v3 = s[None, None, :] * yxdiff / r
v3[np.isnan(v3)] = 0
Check that these both give the same answer as your original code:
print np.all(v == v2), np.all(v == v3)
# True, True
Edit
Why rx, ry = y - cx, x - cy rather than rx, ry = x - cx, y - cy? I agree it's very counterintuitive - the only reason I decided to do it that way was to match the output of your original code.
The issue is that in your grids, consecutive x values are actually found in consecutive columns of x, and consecutive y values are found in consecutive rows of y, i.e. x[:, j] is the j th x-value and y[i, :] is the i th y-value. However, in your inner loop, you are multiplying dx by i, which is your row index, and dy by j, which is your column index. You're therefore flipping the x and y dimensions of your output.