from scipy import misc import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np from numpy import linalg img = misc.face() img_array = img / 255 img_gray = img_array @ [0.2126, 0.7152, 0.0722] U, s, Vt = linalg.svd(img_gray) Sigma = np.zeros((768, 1024)) for i in range(768): Sigma[i, i] = s[i] plt.plot(s)