Yep, that must be it. Thanks! Jonathan On 2/24/10 scipy-user-request@scipy.org wrote:

Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:25:20 +0100 From: nicky van foreest <vanforeest@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [SciPy-User] monic option of orthogonal polynomials To: SciPy Users List <scipy-user@scipy.org>

Hi,

The coefficient of a highest order term is 1 for a monic polynomial. Might it be this?

bye

Nicky

On 24 February 2010 22:20, Jonathan Stickel <jjstickel@vcn.com> wrote:

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What does the "monic" option do when calling an orthogonal polynomial function, e.g. special.legendre? ?It does not seem to be documented, or at least I have not found it.

Thanks, Jonathan