Doing math with Python : use programming to explore algebra, statistics, calculus, and more! / by Amit Saha.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saha, Amit, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Study and teaching--Data processing.

Mathematics.

Python (Computer program language).

Computer programming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, California : No Starch Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Doing Math with Python teaches you how to use Python as a tool to delve into math concepts.

Contents:

Brief Contents ; Contents in Detail ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction; Who Should Read This Book; What's in This Book?; Scripts, Solutions, and Hints; Chapter 1: Working with Numbers; Basic Mathematical Operations; Labels: Attaching Names to Numbers; Different Kinds of Numbers ; Working with Fractions; Complex Numbers; Getting User Input; Handling Exceptions and Invalid Input; Fractions and Complex Numbers as Input; Writing Programs That Do the Math for You; Calculating the Factors of an Integer; Generating Multiplication Tables; Converting Units of Measurement

Finding the Roots of a Quadratic EquationWhat You Learned; Programming Challenges; Challenge 1: Even-Odd Vending Machine; Challenge 2: Enhanced Multiplication Table Generator; Challenge 3: Enhanced Unit Converter; Challenge 4: Fraction Calculator; Challenge 5: Give Exit Power to the User; Chapter 2: Visualizing Data with Graphs; Understanding the Cartesian Coordinate Plane; Working with Lists and Tuples; Iterating over a List or Tuple; Creating Graphs with Matplotlib; Marking Points on Your Graph; Graphing the Average Annual Temperature in New York City

Finding the MedianFinding the Mode and Creating a Frequency Table; Finding the Most Common Elements; Finding the Mode; Creating a Frequency Table; Measuring the Dispersion; Finding the Range of a Set of Numbers; Finding the Variance and Standard Deviation; Calculating the Correlation Between Two Data Sets; Calculating the Correlation Coefficient; High School Grades and Performance on College Admission Tests; Scatter Plots; Reading Data from Files; Reading Data from a Text File; Reading Data from a CSV File; What You Learned; Programming Challenges

Challenge 1: Better Correlation Coefficient-Finding ProgramChallenge 2: Statistics Calculator ; Challenge 3: Experiment with Other CSV Data; Challenge 4: Finding the Percentile; Challenge 5: Creating a Grouped Frequency Table; Chapter 4: Algebra and Symbolic Math with SymPy; Defining Symbols and Symbolic Operations; Working with Expressions; Factorizing and Expanding Expressions; Pretty Printing; Substituting in Values; Converting Strings to Mathematical Expressions; Solving Equations; Solving Quadratic Equations; Solving for One Variable in Terms of Others

Solving a System of Linear Equations

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781457189999

1457189992

9781593277192

1593277199

OCLC:

922580694