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100 1 _aLangtangen, Hans Petter.
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245 1 2 _aA Primer on Scientific Programming with Python
_h[electronic resource] /
_cby Hans Petter Langtangen.
250 _a5th ed. 2016.
260 _aBerlin :
_bSpringer Berlin Springer,
_c2016.
300 _aXXXI, 922 p. 88 illus., 20 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
_g8.05 MB
490 1 _aTexts in Computational Science and Engineering,
_x1611-0994 ;
_v6
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0 _aPreface -- Computing with Formulas -- Loops and Lists -- Functions and Branching -- User Input and Error Handling -- Array Computing and Curve Plotting -- Dictionaries and Strings -- Introduction to Classes -- Random Numbers and Simple Games -- Object-Oriented Programming -- Sequences and Difference Equations -- Introduction to Discrete Calculus -- Introduction to Differential Equations -- A Complete Differential Equation Project -- Programming of Differential Equations -- Debugging -- Migrating Python to Compiled Code -- Technical Topics -- References -- Index.
520 _aThe 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. From the reviews: Langtangen … does an excellent job of introducing programming as a set of skills in problem solving. He guides the reader into thinking properly about producing program logic and data structures for modeling real-world problems using objects and functions and embracing the object-oriented paradigm. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. F. H. Wild III, Choice, Vol. 47 (8), April 2010 Those of us who have learned scientific programming in Python ‘on the streets’ could be a little jealous of students who have the opportunity to take a course out of Langtangen’s Primer.” John D. Cook, The Mathematical Association of America, September 2011 This book goes through Python in particular, and programming in general, via tasks that scientists will likely perform. It contains valuable information for students new to scientific computing and would be the perfect bridge between an introduction to programming and an advanced course on numerical methods or computational science. Alex Small, IEEE, CiSE Vol. 14 (2), March /April 2012 “This fourth edition is a wonderful, inclusive textbook that covers pretty much everything one needs to know to go from zero to fairly sophisticated scientific programming in Python…” Joan Horvath, Computing Reviews, March 2015 .
650 0 _aComputer mathematics.
650 0 _aComputer programming.
650 0 _aComputer science—Mathematics.
650 0 _aPhysics.
650 1 4 _aComputational Science and Engineering.
650 2 4 _aProgramming Techniques.
650 2 4 _aMathematics of Computing.
650 2 4 _aNumerical and Computational Physics, Simulation.
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