[Numpy-discussion] numpy.linalg.svd documentation

Charles R Harris charlesr.harris at gmail.com
Sun Jan 30 11:04:08 EST 2011


On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Sturla Molden <sturla at molden.no> wrote:

> Den 30.01.2011 02:58, skrev Jason Grout:
> > Factors the matrix a as u * S * v,
>
> It actually returns the Hermitian of v, as almost any use of SVD will
> require v.H. And by the way, the documentation does not say that the
> factorization is u * S * v, but u * np.diag(s) * v.H.
>
>
The v.H is the old, incorrect, version of the documentation. The current
documentation is correct.

Chuck
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