[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #2152: np.inner is no inner product (conjugate symmetry)

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#2152: np.inner is no inner product (conjugate symmetry)
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 Reporter:  nschloe  |       Owner:  somebody   
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal   |   Milestone:  Unscheduled
Component:  Other    |     Version:  1.6.1      
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 The documentation says it:

 "Ordinary inner product of vectors for 1-D arrays (without complex
 conjugation)."

 This means that, for complex vectors, np.inner -- other than its name
 suggests -- does *not* define an inner product as the symmetry isn't
 conjugate.
 For the sake of consistency, either this function should be renamed or
 np.inner should be made compliant with actual inner products.
 This of course would break backward compatibility, but for the sake of
 consistency with mathematics, this seems justified.

 (Is there, at this point, actually any difference between np.inner and
 np.dot?).

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