Cython: “fatal error: numpy/arrayobject.h: No such file or directory”

I’m trying to speed up the answer here using Cython. I try to compile the code (after doing the cygwinccompiler.py hack explained here), but get a fatal error: numpy/arrayobject.h: No such file or directory...compilation terminated error. Can anyone tell me if it’s a problem with my code, or some esoteric subtlety with Cython?

numpy max vs amax vs maximum

numpy has three different functions which seem like they can be used for the same things — except that numpy.maximum can only be used element-wise, while numpy.max and numpy.amax can be used on particular axes, or all elements. Why is there more than just numpy.max? Is there some subtlety to this in performance?