Re: [math] Some changes to Polynomial

2004-03-31 Thread Al Chou
--- Phil Steitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Al Chou wrote: > > >>Have we considered a design for the general derivative case (i.e. for > >>UnivariateRealFunction objects)? I was thinking about a > >>Differentiable interface that either extends from URF or is a base > >>interface. It would have

Re: [math] Some changes to Polynomial

2004-03-31 Thread Al Chou
--- Phil Steitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Al Chou wrote: > > --- Phil Steitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>0. To help debug the SplineInterpolater (PR #28019 et al), I need to > >>expose the coefficients in o.a.c.m.analysis.Polynomial as a read-only > >>property (returning an array copy)

Re: [math] Some changes to Polynomial

2004-03-31 Thread Phil Steitz
Al Chou wrote: Have we considered a design for the general derivative case (i.e. for UnivariateRealFunction objects)? I was thinking about a Differentiable interface that either extends from URF or is a base interface. It would have a single derivative method with a URF return value. Specialized

Re: [math] Some changes to Polynomial

2004-03-31 Thread Phil Steitz
Al Chou wrote: --- Phil Steitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 0. To help debug the SplineInterpolater (PR #28019 et al), I need to expose the coefficients in o.a.c.m.analysis.Polynomial as a read-only property (returning an array copy). Any objections to adding this? +1 if you do it by adding a pa

Re: [math] Some changes to Polynomial

2004-03-30 Thread Al Chou
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 21:29:42 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: > > > 0. To help debug the SplineInterpolater (PR #28019 et al), I need to > > expose the coefficients in o.a.c.m.analysis.Polynomial as a > read-only > > property (returning an array copy). Any objections to a

Re: [math] Some changes to Polynomial

2004-03-30 Thread Al Chou
--- Phil Steitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 0. To help debug the SplineInterpolater (PR #28019 et al), I need to > expose the coefficients in o.a.c.m.analysis.Polynomial as a read-only > property (returning an array copy). Any objections to adding this? +1 if you do it by adding a package-level

Re: [math] Some changes to Polynomial

2004-03-30 Thread brent
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 21:29:42 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: > > 0. To help debug the SplineInterpolater (PR #28019 et al), I need to > expose the coefficients in o.a.c.m.analysis.Polynomial as a read-only > property (returning an array copy). Any objections to adding this? > 1. Add protected stati

[math] Some changes to Polynomial

2004-03-30 Thread Phil Steitz
0. To help debug the SplineInterpolater (PR #28019 et al), I need to expose the coefficients in o.a.c.m.analysis.Polynomial as a read-only property (returning an array copy). Any objections to adding this? While reviewing the code, I also noticed that the current impl uses "naive" evaluation (u