[SciPy-dev] include fit functions such as erf, exp, cosine etc.

[Robert Kern]

Matt Fishburn wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I recently needed to fit some data to an erf function, but I couldn't 
> seem to find one in scipy (I ended up coding one using the outline on 
> page 16 of the tutorial).  Are there any functions to fit data to common 
> functions such as erf, exp, cosine, and arbitrary degree polynomials, or 
> support to include such functions in the future?

It might be good to write something that assists fitting polynomials,
but otherwise, there's not much point.

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Robert Kern
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