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A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python

By Hans Petter Langtangen (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2011
ISBN
3642183654, 9783642183652
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-18366-9
ISSN
1611-0994
Open Library ID
OL25058805M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5205265 bytes)
Series
Texts in Computational Science and Engineering 6
Edition
2nd Edition.
Pages
736\736
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40
Computational Science and Engineering;Programming

Description

The book serves as a first introduction to computer programming of scientific applications, using the high-level Python language. The exposition is example- and problem-oriented, where the applications are taken from mathematics, numerical calculus, statistics, physics, biology, and finance. The book teaches "Matlab-style" and procedural programming as well as object-oriented programming. High school mathematics is a required background, and it is advantageous to study classical and numerical one-variable calculus in parallel with reading this book. Besides learning how to program computers, the reader will also learn how to solve mathematical problems, arising in various branches of science and engineering, with the aid of numerical methods and programming. By blending programming, mathematics and scientific applications, the book lays a solid foundation for practicing computational science.

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