A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python

• Main Author: Langtangen, Hans Petter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Texts in Computational Science and Engineering, 6
• Subjects: Computer science.; Software engineering.; Computer programming.; Computer science > Mathematics.; Computer mathematics.; Physics.; Computer Science.; Mathematics of Computing.; Computational Science and Engineering.; Programming Techniques.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.; Numerical and Computational Physics.

Theaimofthisbookistoteachcomputerprogrammingusingexamples from mathematics and the natural sciences. We have chosen to use the Python programming language because it combines remarkable power with very clean, simple, and compact syntax. Python is easy to learn and very well suited for an introductio...

Table of Contents:

• Computing with Formulas
• Basic Constructions
• Input Data and Error Handling
• Array Computing and Curve Plotting
• Sequences and Difference Equations
• Files, Strings, and Dictionaries
• to Classes
• Random Numbers and Simple Games
• Object-Oriented Programming.