Inconsistent Numpy dependency version for Numba

Problem description Currently, the requirements.txt in PyElastica states the required version of numpy as >=1.19.2 and numba as ==0.51.0. However this seems to be inconsistent with numba release notes, which state that even the latest version of numba i.e. 0.55.0 doesnt support numpy latest release 1.22.1 and only has support till numpy version 1.21. While numba installs its own compatible numpy during installation, an update to numpy by the user can lead to dependency issues with numba.

Suggested solution An upper limit on installation version of numpy i.e. >=1.19.2,<1.22 in requirements.txt and other related locations (setup.py). An additional suggestion is to update the numba dependency to 0.55.0, since all tests pass in PyElastica, with the latest numba version installed (on my Mac).

@armantekinalp please confirm the above, after which I can take this issue.

[bhosale2]

I see I agree with all of the above and if numba will catch up in a few weeks, then we don’t need to worry about putting an upper bound on numpy. I guess so we can close this issue after numba is bumped up as you mentioned.

[skim0119]

The numba version is updated in 5c31cfc0ad9e50fd2b0e05b926aa0d34644ff929 and 9bcfd0f050f3ce8fbd5995b65827397693e27544.