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A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python

By Hans Petter Langtangen

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2009
ISBN
3642024742, 9783642024740
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7155304 bytes)
Series
Texts in Computational Science and Engineering
Edition
1
Pages
693\726
Topic
Computers\\Programming
Time added
2013-12-17 02:56:35

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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