def element_wise(self, func, *args, **kwargs):
        """Apply a function to each matrix element and return the result in a
        new operator matrix of the same shape.

        Args:
            func (FunctionType): A function to be applied to each element. It
                must take the element as its first argument.
            args: Additional positional arguments to be passed to `func`
            kwargs: Additional keyword arguments to be passed to `func`

        Returns:
            Matrix: Matrix with results of `func`, applied element-wise.
        """
        s = self.shape
        emat = [func(o, *args, **kwargs) for o in self.matrix.ravel()]
        return Matrix(np_array(emat).reshape(s))