[Scipy-svn] r5297 - trunk/scipy/optimize
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Tue Dec 30 08:52:32 EST 2008
Author: jarrod.millman
Date: 2008-12-30 07:52:27 -0600 (Tue, 30 Dec 2008)
New Revision: 5297
Modified:
trunk/scipy/optimize/zeros.py
Log:
clean up text
Modified: trunk/scipy/optimize/zeros.py
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--- trunk/scipy/optimize/zeros.py 2008-12-30 13:49:22 UTC (rev 5296)
+++ trunk/scipy/optimize/zeros.py 2008-12-30 13:52:27 UTC (rev 5297)
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@
-----
Uses [Ridders1979]_ method to find a zero of the function `f` between the
arguments `a` and `b`. Ridders' method is faster than bisection, but not
- generaly as fast as the brent rountines. [Ridders1979]_ provides the
+ generally as fast as the Brent rountines. [Ridders1979]_ provides the
classic description and source of the algorithm. A description can also be
- found in may be found in any recent edition of Numerical Recipes.
+ found in any recent edition of Numerical Recipes.
The routine used here diverges slightly from standard presentations in
order to be a bit more careful of tolerance.
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
claims convergence is guaranteed for functions computable within [a,b].
[Brent1973]_ provides the classic description of the algorithm. Another
- description is in any recent edition of Numerical Recipes, including
+ description can be found in a recent edition of Numerical Recipes, including
[PressEtal1992]_. Another description is at
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/BrentsMethod.html. It should be easy to
understand the algorithm just by reading our code. Our code diverges a bit
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