scikit-learn/scikit-learn — pull request #3108 by MikhailStartsev (2014-04-24 22:22:09+00:00)
Title: PCA inverse_transform now computes the exact inverse operation as transform

If there is no specific reason, why PCA.inverse_transfrom(PCA.transform(X)) should not be as close to X as possible, this fixes the issue (these changes make one of the tests fail, as it expects relative delta of PCA.inverse_transfrom(PCA.transform(X) be greater).

P.S. Sorry if there actually is a reason for such behavior which I just failed to find, and am now bothering you for no reason.