Programming for computations -- Python : a gentle introduction to numerical simulations with Python 3.6 / Svein Linge, Hans Petter Langtangen.
2020
QA76.9.M35
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Title
Programming for computations -- Python : a gentle introduction to numerical simulations with Python 3.6 / Svein Linge, Hans Petter Langtangen.
Author
Linge, Svein, author.
Edition
Second edition.
ISBN
9783030168773 (electronic book)
3030168778 (electronic book)
9783030168766
3030168778 (electronic book)
9783030168766
Published
Cham : Springer Open, [2020].
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxiii, 332 pages) : illustrations.
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-16877-3 doi
Call Number
QA76.9.M35
Dewey Decimal Classification
004.01/51
Summary
This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book presents computer programming as a key method for solving mathematical problems. This second edition of the well-received book has been extensively revised: All code is now written in Python version 3.6 (no longer version 2.7). In addition, the two first chapters of the previous edition have been extended and split up into five new chapters, thus expanding the introduction to programming from 50 to 150 pages. Throughout the book, the explanations provided are now more detailed, previous examples have been modified, and new sections, examples and exercises have been added. Also, a number of small errors have been corrected. The book was inspired by the Springer book TCSE 6: A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python (by Langtangen), but the style employed is more accessible and concise, in keeping with the needs of engineering students. The book outlines the shortest possible path from no previous experience with programming to a set of skills that allows students to write simple programs for solving common mathematical problems with numerical methods in the context of engineering and science courses. The emphasis is on generic algorithms, clean program design, the use of functions, and automatic tests for verification.-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 5, 2019).
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Langtangen, Hans Petter, 1962- author.
Series
Texts in computational science and engineering ; 15.
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Table of Contents
Preface
1 The first few steps
2 A few steps more
3 Loops and branching
4 Functions and the writing of code
5 Some more Python essentials
6 Computing integrals and testing code
7 Solving nonlinear algebraic equations
8 Solving ordinary differential equations
9 Solving partial differential equations
A Installation and use of Python
References
Index.
1 The first few steps
2 A few steps more
3 Loops and branching
4 Functions and the writing of code
5 Some more Python essentials
6 Computing integrals and testing code
7 Solving nonlinear algebraic equations
8 Solving ordinary differential equations
9 Solving partial differential equations
A Installation and use of Python
References
Index.