From 2c275d4489dac531ebd0885ca55de545eae58dc1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Charles Harris Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 15:55:25 +0000 Subject: Add slogdet to the release notes for 2.0.0. --- doc/release/2.0.0-notes.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/release/2.0.0-notes.rst b/doc/release/2.0.0-notes.rst index ccb596711..b21d6152f 100644 --- a/doc/release/2.0.0-notes.rst +++ b/doc/release/2.0.0-notes.rst @@ -48,3 +48,10 @@ instead of the longer alternative >>> np.dot(a, np.dot(b, c)) +linalg.slogdet function +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The slogdet function returns the sign and logarithm of the determinant +of a matrix. Because the determinant may involve the product of many +small/large values, the result is often more accurate than that obtained +by simple multiplication. -- cgit v1.2.1