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General Broadcasting Rules
==========================
When operating on two arrays, NumPy compares their shapes element-wise.
-It starts with the trailing dimensions and works its way forward. Two
-dimensions are compatible when
+It starts with the trailing (i.e. rightmost) dimensions and works its
+way left. Two dimensions are compatible when
1) they are equal, or
2) one of them is 1