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diff --git a/numpy/lib/polynomial.py b/numpy/lib/polynomial.py
index 420ec245b..0fd9bbd79 100644
--- a/numpy/lib/polynomial.py
+++ b/numpy/lib/polynomial.py
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ def polyder(p, m=1):
>>> np.polyder(p, 3)
poly1d([6])
>>> np.polyder(p, 4)
- poly1d([0.])
+ poly1d([0])
"""
m = int(m)
@@ -494,11 +494,12 @@ def polyfit(x, y, deg, rcond=None, full=False, w=None, cov=False):
cov : bool or str, optional
If given and not `False`, return not just the estimate but also its
covariance matrix. By default, the covariance are scaled by
- chi2/sqrt(N-dof), i.e., the weights are presumed to be unreliable
- except in a relative sense and everything is scaled such that the
- reduced chi2 is unity. This scaling is omitted if ``cov='unscaled'``,
- as is relevant for the case that the weights are 1/sigma**2, with
- sigma known to be a reliable estimate of the uncertainty.
+ chi2/dof, where dof = M - (deg + 1), i.e., the weights are presumed
+ to be unreliable except in a relative sense and everything is scaled
+ such that the reduced chi2 is unity. This scaling is omitted if
+ ``cov='unscaled'``, as is relevant for the case that the weights are
+ 1/sigma**2, with sigma known to be a reliable estimate of the
+ uncertainty.
Returns
-------
@@ -753,11 +754,11 @@ def polyval(p, x):
>>> np.polyval([3,0,1], 5) # 3 * 5**2 + 0 * 5**1 + 1
76
>>> np.polyval([3,0,1], np.poly1d(5))
- poly1d([76.])
+ poly1d([76])
>>> np.polyval(np.poly1d([3,0,1]), 5)
76
>>> np.polyval(np.poly1d([3,0,1]), np.poly1d(5))
- poly1d([76.])
+ poly1d([76])
"""
p = NX.asarray(p)
@@ -1016,7 +1017,7 @@ def polydiv(u, v):
(array([1.5 , 1.75]), array([0.25]))
"""
- truepoly = (isinstance(u, poly1d) or isinstance(u, poly1d))
+ truepoly = (isinstance(u, poly1d) or isinstance(v, poly1d))
u = atleast_1d(u) + 0.0
v = atleast_1d(v) + 0.0
# w has the common type
@@ -1235,7 +1236,7 @@ class poly1d:
raise ValueError("Polynomial must be 1d only.")
c_or_r = trim_zeros(c_or_r, trim='f')
if len(c_or_r) == 0:
- c_or_r = NX.array([0.])
+ c_or_r = NX.array([0], dtype=c_or_r.dtype)
self._coeffs = c_or_r
if variable is None:
variable = 'x'