Joseph Weston authored on 27/07/2018 10:34:01
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@@ -180,30 +180,28 @@ def simplex_volume_in_embedding(vertices) -> float:
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     That is: dim > len(vertices) - 1. For example if you would like to know the
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     surface area of a triangle in a 3d space.
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+    This algorithm has not been tested for numerical stability.
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     Parameters
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     ----------
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-    vertices: arraylike (2 dimensional)
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-        array of points
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+    vertices : 2D arraylike of floats
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     Returns
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     -------
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-    volume: int
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+    volume : int
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         the volume of the simplex with given vertices.
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     Raises
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     ------
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-    ValueError:
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+    ValueError
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         if the vertices do not form a simplex (for example,
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         because they are coplanar, colinear or coincident).
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-    Warning: this algorithm has not been tested for numerical stability.
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     """
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     # Implements http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Cayley-MengerDeterminant.html
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     # Modified from https://codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/77593/calculating-the-volume-of-a-tetrahedron
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-    vertices = np.array(vertices, dtype=float)
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+    vertices = np.asarray(vertices, dtype=float)
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     dim = len(vertices[0])
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     if dim == 2:
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         # Heron's formula