[Numpy-discussion] bug with numpy.linalg.eig for complex output

[Bill Baxter]

Thanks for the info Nils.  Sounds like it was fixed post-1.0b1.  Good news.
And Trac seems to be letting me in again.  Not sure what was wrong there.
--bb

On 8/18/06, Nils Wagner <nwagner at iam.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
>
> Bill Baxter wrote:
> > If you do this:
> > >>>  numpy.linalg.eig(numpy.random.rand(3,3))
> >
> > You'll (almost always) get a wrong answer back from numpy.  Something
> > like:
> >
> > (array([ 1.72167898, -0.07251007, -0.07251007]),
> >  array([[ 0.47908847,  0.72095163,  0.72095163],
> >        [ 0.56659142, -0.46403504, -0.46403504],
> >        [ 0.67040914,  0.01361572,  0.01361572]]))
> >
> > The return value should be complex (unless rand() just happens to
> > return something symmetric).
> >
> > It really needs to either throw an exception, or preferably for this
> > function, just go ahead and return something complex, like the
> > numpy.dft functions do.
> > On the other hand it, would be nice to stick with plain doubles if the
> > output isn't complex, but I'd rather get the right output all the time
> > than get the minimal type that will handle the output.
> >
> > This is with beta 1.
> >
> > Incidentally, I tried logging into the Trac here:
> > http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/scipy
> > to file a bug, but it wouldn't let me in under the account I've been
> > using for a while now.  Is the login system broken?  Were passwords
> > reset or something?
> >
> >
> > --bb
> >
> > -
>
> AFAIK this problem is fixed.
>
> http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/numpy/ticket/215
>
> I have no problem wrt the Trac system.
>
> Nils
>
> -discussion
>
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