REL: glass 2024.1 (#165)

First GLASS release of 2024.

Author: ntessore

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,42 @@ All notable changes to the project are documented in this file.  The format is
 based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com).
 
 
+[2024.1]  (16 Jul 2024)
+-----------------------
+
+### Added
+
+* A new function `combine()` that evaluates the linear combination
+  of radial window functions with given weights.
+* A new function `effective_cls()` which combines power spectra
+  using a list of weights, which models what happens in the simulation.
+* A new function `position_weights()` that returns weights for
+  `effective_cls()` to model the result of `positions_from_delta()`.
+* A new function `multi_plane_weights()` that returns weights for
+  `effective_cls()` to model the result of `MultiPlaneConvergence`.
+* The `glass.core.algorithm` module.
+* The new `partition(method="nnls")` function computes a partition
+  with non-negative contributions for each shell.
+* Function `redshifts()` to sample redshifts following a radial
+  window function.
+
+### Changed
+
+* The default method for `partition()` is now `"nnls"`.
+* Both `partition(method="nnls")` and `partition(method="lstsq")`
+  now have an additional integral constraint so that the sum of the
+  partition recovers the integral of the input function.
+* The output of `partition()` now has the shells axis as its first.
+
+### Fixed
+
+* Now uses the updated intersphinx URL for the GLASS examples.
+* A bug in `effective_cls()` that caused arrays to be one entry too
+  long if `lmax` was not given explicitly.
+* A bug in `partition()` with the default method.
+* `partition()` now works correctly with functions having extra axes.
+
+
 [2023.7]  (1 Aug 2023)
 ----------------------
 
@@ -123,6 +159,7 @@ based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com).
 - Initial wide release for GLASS paper
 
 
+[2024.1]: https://github.com/glass-dev/glass/compare/v2023.7...v2024.1
 [2023.7]: https://github.com/glass-dev/glass/compare/v2023.6...v2023.7
 [2023.6]: https://github.com/glass-dev/glass/compare/v2023.5...v2023.6
 [2023.5]: https://github.com/glass-dev/glass/compare/v2023.2...v2023.5

docs/manual/releases.rst

@@ -5,6 +5,55 @@ Release notes
 These notes document the changes between individual *GLASS* releases.
 
 
+2024.1  (16 Jul 2024)
+---------------------
+
+* Further changes to the :func:`~glass.shells.partition()` function.
+
+  * The output of ``partition()`` now has the shells axis as its first.  **This
+    means that the new output is the transpose of the previous output.**
+
+  * A new ``partition(..., method="nnls")`` method that computes a partition
+    with non-negative contributions for each shell.  **This is now the
+    default.** The ``"nnls"`` method works much better than ``"lstsq"`` since
+    it does not introduce small negative densities, and should almost always be
+    preferred.
+
+  * Both ``partition(method="nnls")`` and ``partition(method="lstsq")`` now
+    have an additional integral constraint so that the sum of the partition
+    recovers the integral of the input function.
+
+  * The ``partition()`` function now works correctly with functions having
+    extra axes.
+
+* A new function :func:`~glass.shells.combine()` that evaluates the linear
+  combination of radial window functions with given weights.  This function is
+  the inverse of :func:`~glass.shells.partition()` and can be used to obtain
+  the effect of the discretisation on, e.g., a redshift distribution.
+
+* There is now a way to compute the effective angular power spectra that can
+  be expected from a *GLASS* simulation, including all discretisations and
+  approximations.
+
+  * A new function :func:`~glass.fields.effective_cls()` which combines power
+    spectra using a list of weights.  This function essentially models the
+    linear combinations that happen in the simulation.
+
+  * A new function :func:`~glass.points.position_weights()` that returns weights
+    for ``effective_cls()`` to model the result of
+    :func:`~glass.points.positions_from_delta()`.
+
+  * A new function :func:`~glass.lensing.multi_plane_weights()` that returns
+    weights for ``effective_cls()`` to model the result of
+    :class:`~glass.lensing.MultiPlaneConvergence`.
+
+* A new function :func:`~glass.galaxies.redshifts()` to sample redshifts
+  following a radial window function.  This should always be preferred to the
+  existing :func:`~glass.galaxies.redshifts_from_nz()` function, since the
+  redshift distribution entering the two-point statistics is in fact fixed by
+  the window functions.
+
+
 2023.7 (1 Aug 2023)
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