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authorCharles Harris <charlesr.harris@gmail.com>2011-03-14 10:50:08 -0600
committerCharles Harris <charlesr.harris@gmail.com>2011-03-14 10:50:08 -0600
commitf089476bf5740df56af4ed31a3a5f6c8368563f8 (patch)
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parentcd97607e2f14ac5489215549cb7ff7123394386f (diff)
downloadnumpy-f089476bf5740df56af4ed31a3a5f6c8368563f8.tar.gz
DOC: Document the addition of the new polynomials in the release notes.
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diff --git a/doc/release/1.6.0-notes.rst b/doc/release/1.6.0-notes.rst
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--- a/doc/release/1.6.0-notes.rst
+++ b/doc/release/1.6.0-notes.rst
@@ -45,10 +45,15 @@ ufuncs but difficult to replicate elsewhere, are now exposed by this
iterator.
-Legendre polynomials in ``numpy.polynomial``
---------------------------------------------
-
+Legendre, Laguerre, Hermite, HermiteE polynomials in ``numpy.polynomial``
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Extend the number of polynomials available in the polynomial package. In
+addition, a new ``window`` attribute has been added to the classes in
+order to specify the range the ``domain`` maps to. This is mostly useful
+for the Laguerre, Hermite, and HermiteE polynomials whose natural domains
+are infinite and provides a more intuitive way to get the correct mapping
+of values without playing unnatural tricks with the domain.
Fortran assumed shape array and size function support in ``numpy.f2py``
@@ -113,7 +118,7 @@ compiler on Linux.
The testing framework gained ``numpy.testing.assert_allclose``, which provides
a more convenient way to compare floating point arrays than
-`assert_almost_equal`, `assert_approx_equal` and `assert_array_almost_equal`.
+`assert_almost_equal`, `assert_approx_equal` and `assert_array_almost_equal`.
``C API``