Author: luc Date: Tue Feb 9 20:07:36 2010 New Revision: 908190 URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=908190&view=rev Log: Added a warning in the getCoefficients method documentation for PolynomialFunctionLagrangeForm. Computation may be ill-conditioned so this method should be used with care. JIRA: MATH-341
Modified: commons/proper/math/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/analysis/polynomials/PolynomialFunctionLagrangeForm.java commons/proper/math/trunk/src/site/xdoc/changes.xml Modified: commons/proper/math/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/analysis/polynomials/PolynomialFunctionLagrangeForm.java URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/math/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/analysis/polynomials/PolynomialFunctionLagrangeForm.java?rev=908190&r1=908189&r2=908190&view=diff ============================================================================== --- commons/proper/math/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/analysis/polynomials/PolynomialFunctionLagrangeForm.java (original) +++ commons/proper/math/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math/analysis/polynomials/PolynomialFunctionLagrangeForm.java Tue Feb 9 20:07:36 2010 @@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ * Returns a copy of the coefficients array. * <p> * Changes made to the returned copy will not affect the polynomial.</p> + * <p> + * Note that coefficients computation can be ill-conditioned. Use with caution + * and only when it is necessary.</p> * * @return a fresh copy of the coefficients array */ Modified: commons/proper/math/trunk/src/site/xdoc/changes.xml URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/math/trunk/src/site/xdoc/changes.xml?rev=908190&r1=908189&r2=908190&view=diff ============================================================================== --- commons/proper/math/trunk/src/site/xdoc/changes.xml (original) +++ commons/proper/math/trunk/src/site/xdoc/changes.xml Tue Feb 9 20:07:36 2010 @@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ </properties> <body> <release version="2.1" date="TBD" description="TBD"> + <action dev="luc" type="add" issue="MATH-341" > + Added a warning in the getCoefficients method documentation for + PolynomialFunctionLagrangeForm. Computation may be ill-conditioned + so this method should be used with care. + </action> <action dev="luc" type="add" issue="MATH-340" > Fixed an error in BigFraction multiplication for large numerators that don't fit in a primitive int.