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| author | Charles Harris <charlesr.harris@gmail.com> | 2014-05-10 12:35:08 -0600 |
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| committer | Charles Harris <charlesr.harris@gmail.com> | 2014-06-29 20:34:42 -0600 |
| commit | cdfbc69b84a168b4ab8654e2bc818d7b4e444037 (patch) | |
| tree | b9b4894d3bc7731403cdffd1c818af506d933497 /doc | |
| parent | efb203ce22f5c4c43bbe641275101289f5a0cdbf (diff) | |
| download | numpy-cdfbc69b84a168b4ab8654e2bc818d7b4e444037.tar.gz | |
DOC: Update 1.9.0-notes to mention pairwise summation.
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diff --git a/doc/release/1.9.0-notes.rst b/doc/release/1.9.0-notes.rst index e1e958e9d..8d6308046 100644 --- a/doc/release/1.9.0-notes.rst +++ b/doc/release/1.9.0-notes.rst @@ -331,6 +331,12 @@ in either an error being raised, or wrong results computed. Improvements ============ +Better numerical stability for sum in some cases +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Pairwise summation is now used in the sum method, but only along the fast +axis and for groups of the values <= 8192 in length. This should also +improve the accuracy of var and std in some common cases. + Percentile implemented in terms of ``np.partition`` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ``np.percentile`` has been implemented in terms of ``np.partition`` which |