SOLR-12913: small grammatical fixes

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These functions support constructing a curve.
== Polynomial Curve Fitting
The `polyfit` function is a general purpose curve fitter used to model
the non-linear relationship between two random variables.
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== Harmonic Curve Fitting
The `harmonicFit` function or `harmfit` (for short) fits a smooth line through control points of a sine wave.
The `harmonicFit` function (or `harmfit`, for short) fits a smooth line through control points of a sine wave.
The `harmfit` function is passed x- and y-axes and fits a smooth curve to the data.
If only a single array is provided it is treated as the y-axis and a sequence is generated
If a single array is provided it is treated as the y-axis and a sequence is generated
for the x-axis.
The example below shows `harmfit` fitting a single oscillation of a sine wave. `harmfit`
The example below shows `harmfit` fitting a single oscillation of a sine wave. The `harmfit` function
returns the smoothed values at each control point. The return value is also a model which can be used by
the `predict`, `derivative` and `integrate` functions.
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* `getAngularFrequency`: Returns the angular frequency of the sine wave.
* `getPhase`: Returns the phase of the sine wave.
*Note*: The `harmfit` function works best when run on a single oscillation rather then a long sequence of
NOTE: The `harmfit` function works best when run on a single oscillation rather then a long sequence of
oscillations. This is particularly true if the sine wave has noise. After the curve has been fit it can be
extrapolated to any point in time in the past or future.
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The example below uses the fitted model to extrapolate the sine wave beyond the control points
to the x-axis points 20, 21, 22, 23.
[source,text]
----
let(x=array(0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19),
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}
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== Gaussian Curve Fitting
The `gaussfit` function fits a smooth curve through a gaussian peak.
The `gaussfit` function fits a smooth curve through a Gaussian peak.
This is shown in the example below.
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f=gaussfit(x, y))
----
When this expression is sent to the `/stream` handler it
responds with:
When this expression is sent to the `/stream` handler it responds with:
[source,json]
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Like the `polyfit` function, the `gaussfit` function returns a function that can
be used directly by the `predict`, `derivative` and `integrate` functions.
The example below demonstrates how to compute an integral for a
fitted gaussian curve.
The example below demonstrates how to compute an integral for a fitted Gaussian curve.
[source,text]
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The dot product operation is performed in two steps:
1) Element-by-element multiplication of two vectors which produces a vector of products.
. Element-by-element multiplication of two vectors which produces a vector of products.
2) Sum the vector of products to produce a scalar result.
. Sum the vector of products to produce a scalar result.
This simple bit of math has a number of important applications.
=== Representing Linear Combinations
The `dotProduct` performs the math of a Linear Combination. A Linear Combination has the following form:
The `dotProduct` performs the math of a _linear combination_. A linear combination has the following form:
[source,text]
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(a1*v1)+(a2*v2)...
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In the above example a1 and a2 are random variables that change. v1 and v2 are *constant values*.
In the above example `a1` and `a2` are random variables that change. `v1` and `v2` are constant values.
When computing the dot product the elements of two vectors are multiplied together and the results are added.
If the first vector contains random variables and the second vector contains *constant values*
If the first vector contains random variables and the second vector contains constant values
then the dot product is performing a linear combination.
This scenario comes up again and again in machine learning. For example both linear and logistic regression
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between a random observation vector and the constant weight vector. That dot product is a linear combination because
one of the vectors holds constant weights.
Lets look at simple example of how a linear combination can be used to find the *mean* of a vector of numbers.
Lets look at simple example of how a linear combination can be used to find the mean of a vector of numbers.
In the example below two arrays are set to variables *`a`* and *`b`* and then operated on by the `dotProduct` function.
The output of the `dotProduct` function is set to variable *`c`*.