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Add missing docs for two SymmetricLinearGame methods.
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@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ from .cones import CartesianProduct
 from .errors import GameUnsolvableException, PoorScalingException
 from .matrices import (append_col, append_row, condition_number, identity,
                        inner_product, norm, specnorm)
-from . import options
+from .options import ABS_TOL, FLOAT_FORMAT, DEBUG_FLOAT_FORMAT
 
-printing.options['dformat'] = options.FLOAT_FORMAT
+printing.options['dformat'] = FLOAT_FORMAT
 
 
 class Solution:
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
         return CartesianProduct(self._K, self._K)
 
     def _h(self):
-        """
+        r"""
         Return the ``h`` vector used in our CVXOPT construction.
 
         The ``h`` vector appears on the right-hand side of :math:`Gx + s
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
 
     @staticmethod
     def b():
-        """
+        r"""
         Return the ``b`` vector used in our CVXOPT construction.
 
         The vector ``b`` appears on the right-hand side of :math:`Ax =
@@ -848,18 +848,81 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
 
     def _L_specnorm(self):
         """
-        Compute the spectral norm of ``L`` and cache it.
+        Compute the spectral norm of :meth:`L` and cache it.
+
+        The spectral norm of the matrix :meth:`L` is used in a few
+        places. Since it can be expensive to compute, we want to cache
+        its value. That is not possible in :func:`specnorm`, which lies
+        outside of a class, so this is the place to do it.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+
+        float
+            A nonnegative real number; the largest singular value of
+            the matrix :meth:`L`.
+
         """
         if self._L_specnorm_value is None:
             self._L_specnorm_value = specnorm(self.L())
         return self._L_specnorm_value
 
-    def epsilon_scale(self, solution):
-        # Don't return anything smaller than 1... we can't go below
-        # out "minimum tolerance."
+
+    def tolerance_scale(self, solution):
+        r"""
+        Return a scaling factor that should be applied to ``ABS_TOL``
+        for this game.
+
+        When performing certain comparisons, the default tolernace
+        ``ABS_TOL`` may not be appropriate. For example, if we expect
+        ``x`` and ``y`` to be within ``ABS_TOL`` of each other, than the
+        inner product of ``L*x`` and ``y`` can be as far apart as the
+        spectral norm of ``L`` times the sum of the norms of ``x`` and
+        ``y``. Such a comparison is made in :meth:`solution`, and in
+        many of our unit tests.
+
+        The returned scaling factor found from the inner product mentioned
+        above is
+
+        .. math::
+
+            \left\lVert L \right\rVert_{2}
+            \left( \left\lVert \bar{x} \right\rVert
+                   + \left\lVert \bar{y} \right\rVert
+            \right),
+
+        where :math:`\bar{x}` and :math:`\bar{y}` are optimal solutions
+        for players one and two respectively. This scaling factor is not
+        formally justified, but attempting anything smaller leads to
+        test failures.
+
+        .. warning::
+
+            Optimal solutions are not unique, so the scaling factor
+            obtained from ``solution`` may not work when comparing other
+            solutions.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+
+        solution : Solution
+            A solution of this game, used to obtain the norms of the
+            optimal strategies.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+
+        float
+            A scaling factor to be multiplied by ``ABS_TOL`` when
+            making comparisons involving solutions of this game.
+
+        """
         norm_p1_opt = norm(solution.player1_optimal())
         norm_p2_opt = norm(solution.player2_optimal())
         scale = self._L_specnorm()*(norm_p1_opt + norm_p2_opt)
+
+        # Don't return anything smaller than 1... we can't go below
+        # out "minimum tolerance."
         return max(1, scale)
 
 
@@ -977,6 +1040,44 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
               [2.506...]
               [0.000...]
 
+        This is another one that was difficult numerically, and caused
+        trouble even after we fixed the first two::
+
+            >>> from dunshire import *
+            >>> L = [[57.22233908627052301199, 41.70631373437460354126],
+            ...      [83.04512571985074487202, 57.82581810406928468637]]
+            >>> K = NonnegativeOrthant(2)
+            >>> e1 = [7.31887017043399268346, 0.89744171905822367474]
+            >>> e2 = [0.11099824781179848388, 6.12564670639315345113]
+            >>> SLG = SymmetricLinearGame(L,K,e1,e2)
+            >>> print(SLG.solution())
+            Game value: 70.437...
+            Player 1 optimal:
+              [9.009...]
+              [0.000...]
+            Player 2 optimal:
+              [0.136...]
+              [0.000...]
+
+        And finally, here's one that returns an "optimal" solution, but
+        whose primal/dual objective function values are far apart::
+
+            >>> from dunshire import *
+            >>> L = [[ 6.49260076597376212248, -0.60528030227678542019],
+            ...      [ 2.59896077096751731972, -0.97685530240286766457]]
+            >>> K = IceCream(2)
+            >>> e1 = [1, 0.43749513972645248661]
+            >>> e2 = [1, 0.46008379832200291260]
+            >>> SLG = SymmetricLinearGame(L, K, e1, e2)
+            >>> print(SLG.solution())
+            Game value: 11.596...
+            Player 1 optimal:
+              [ 1.852...]
+              [-1.852...]
+            Player 2 optimal:
+              [ 1.777...]
+              [-1.777...]
+
         """
         try:
             opts = {'show_progress': False}
@@ -994,7 +1095,7 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
                 # Oops, CVXOPT tried to take the square root of a
                 # negative number. Report some details about the game
                 # rather than just the underlying CVXOPT crash.
-                printing.options['dformat'] = options.DEBUG_FLOAT_FORMAT
+                printing.options['dformat'] = DEBUG_FLOAT_FORMAT
                 raise PoorScalingException(self)
             else:
                 raise error
@@ -1019,7 +1120,7 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
         # that CVXOPT is convinced the problem is infeasible (and that
         # cannot happen).
         if soln_dict['status'] in ['primal infeasible', 'dual infeasible']:
-            printing.options['dformat'] = options.DEBUG_FLOAT_FORMAT
+            printing.options['dformat'] = DEBUG_FLOAT_FORMAT
             raise GameUnsolvableException(self, soln_dict)
 
         # For the game value, we could use any of:
@@ -1047,14 +1148,14 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
         # it) because otherwise CVXOPT might return "unknown" and give
         # us two points in the cone that are nowhere near optimal.
         #
-        if abs(p1_value - p2_value) > self.epsilon_scale(soln)*options.ABS_TOL:
-            printing.options['dformat'] = options.DEBUG_FLOAT_FORMAT
+        if abs(p1_value - p2_value) > self.tolerance_scale(soln)*ABS_TOL:
+            printing.options['dformat'] = DEBUG_FLOAT_FORMAT
             raise GameUnsolvableException(self, soln_dict)
 
         # And we also check that the points it gave us belong to the
         # cone, just in case...
         if (p1_optimal not in self._K) or (p2_optimal not in self._K):
-            printing.options['dformat'] = options.DEBUG_FLOAT_FORMAT
+            printing.options['dformat'] = DEBUG_FLOAT_FORMAT
             raise GameUnsolvableException(self, soln_dict)
 
         return soln
@@ -1088,10 +1189,8 @@ class SymmetricLinearGame:
         >>> e1 = [1]
         >>> e2 = e1
         >>> SLG = SymmetricLinearGame(L, K, e1, e2)
-        >>> actual = SLG.condition()
-        >>> expected = 1.8090169943749477
-        >>> abs(actual - expected) < options.ABS_TOL
-        True
+        >>> SLG.condition()
+        1.809...
 
         """
         return (condition_number(self._G()) + condition_number(self.A()))/2