e">
<dt>npts<span class="classifier">int</span></dt><dd><p>the number of points in the series</p>
</dd>
<dt>nw<span class="classifier">float</span></dt><dd><p>the time-bandwidth product (number of Rayleigh bins)</p>
</dd>
<dt>kspec<span class="classifier">int</span></dt><dd><p>Optional, the desired number of tapers default = 2*nw-1</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p><strong>Returns</strong></p>
<dl class="simple">
<dt>v<span class="classifier">ndarray (npts,kspec)</span></dt><dd><p>the eigenvectors (tapers) are returned in