def tau_reduction(ms, rate, n_per_decade):
    """Reduce the number of taus to maximum of n per decade (Helper function)

    takes in a tau list and reduces the number of taus to a maximum amount per
    decade. This is only useful if more than the "decade" and "octave" but
    less than the "all" taus are wanted. E.g. to show certain features of
    the data one might want 100 points per decade.

    NOTE: The algorithm is slightly inaccurate for ms under n_per_decade, and
    will also remove some points in this range, which is usually fine.

    Typical use would be something like:
    (data,m,taus)=tau_generator(data,rate,taus="all")
    (m,taus)=tau_reduction(m,rate,n_per_decade)

    Parameters
    ----------
    ms: array of integers
        List of m values (assumed to be an "all" list) to remove points from.
    rate: float
        Sample rate of data in Hz. Time interval between measurements
        is 1/rate seconds. Used to convert to taus.
    n_per_decade: int
        Number of ms/taus to keep per decade.

    Returns
    -------
    m: np.array
        Reduced list of m values
    taus: np.array
        Reduced list of tau values
    """
    ms = np.int64(ms)
    keep = np.bool8(np.rint(n_per_decade*np.log10(ms[1:])) -
                    np.rint(n_per_decade*np.log10(ms[:-1])))
    # Adjust ms size to fit above-defined mask
    ms = ms[:-1]
    assert len(ms) == len(keep)
    ms = ms[keep]
    taus = ms/float(rate)

    return ms, taus
Reduce the number of taus to maximum of n per decade (Helper function)

    takes in a tau list and reduces the number of taus to a maximum amount per
    decade. This is only useful if more than the "decade" and "octave" but
    less than the "all" taus are wanted. E.g. to show certain features of
    the data one might want 100 points per decade.

    NOTE: The algorithm is slightly inaccurate for ms under n_per_decade, and
    will also remove some points in this range, which is usually fine.

    Typical use would be something like:
    (data,m,taus)=tau_generator(data,rate,taus="all")
    (m,taus)=tau_reduction(m,rate,n_per_decade)

    Parameters
    ----------
    ms: array of integers
        List of m values (assumed to be an "all" list) to remove points from.
    rate: float
        Sample rate of data in Hz. Time interval between measurements
        is 1/rate seconds. Used to convert to taus.
    n_per_decade: int
        Number of ms/taus to keep per decade.

    Returns
    -------
    m: np.array
        Reduced list of m values
    taus: np.array
        Reduced list of tau values