
chebyshev2coeffs = [2., 0., -1.]
chebyshev4coeffs = [8., 0., -8., 0., 1.]
chebyshev6coeffs = [32., 0., -48., 0., 18., 0., -1.]
chebyshev8coeffs = [128., 0., -256., 0., 160., 0., -32., 0., 1.]
chebyshev16coeffs = [32768., 0., -131072., 0., 212992., 0., -180224., 0., 84480., 0., -21504., 0., 2688., 0., -128., 0., 1]

def chebyshev(trial, target, M=61):
    from mystic.math import polyeval
    result=0.0
    x=-1.0
    dx = 2.0 / (M-1)
    for i in range(M):
        px = polyeval(trial, x)
        if px<-1 or px>1:
            result += (1 - px) * (1 - px)
        x += dx

    px = polyeval(trial, 1.2) - polyeval(target, 1.2)
    if px<0: result += px*px

    px = polyeval(trial, -1.2) - polyeval(target, -1.2)
    if px<0: result += px*px

    return result


add model_helper, forgot to commit it previously