On Mittwoch 26 März 2008, Charles R Harris wrote: > The docstring is incorrect. The Vandermonde matrix produced is compatible > with numpy polynomials that also go from high to low powers. I would have > done it the other way round, so index matched power, but that isn't how it > is.
Patch attached. Andreas
Index: numpy/lib/twodim_base.py
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--- numpy/lib/twodim_base.py (Revision 5001)
+++ numpy/lib/twodim_base.py (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
X = vander(x,N=None)
The Vandermonde matrix of vector x. The i-th column of X is the
- the i-th power of x. N is the maximum power to compute; if N is
+ the N-(i+1)-th power of x. N is the maximum power to compute; if N is
None it defaults to len(x).
"""
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