The integration constants default to zero, but can be specified: >>> P = np.polyint(p, 3) >>> P(0) 0.0 >>> np.polyder(P)(0) 0.0 >>> np.polyder(P, 2)(0) 0.0 >>> P = np.polyint(p, 3, k=[6,5,3]) >>> P poly1d([ 0.01666667, 0.04166667, 0.16666667, 3. , 5. , 3. ]) # may vary Note that 3 = 6 / 2!, and that the constants are given in the order of integrations. Constant of the highest-order polynomial term comes first: >>> np.polyder(P, 2)(0) 6.0 >>> np.polyder(P, 1)(0) 5.0 >>> P(0) 3.0 r