Welcome to the Scientific Python Tools documentation for SAM

Basic Stuff

• A Dialog on Python for Scientific Computing
• Introduction
  • Work flow
• First introduction to Python
  • Fast-track Python
  • Mutable and immutable objects
  • Number formatting
  • Formatting tables with str.format() (Optional)
  • Some nice extra specialities (Optional)
  • More on the Python language
• First introduction to NumPy
  • Basic properties
  • Array creation
  • Indexing and Slicing
  • Array manipulation
  • Operation on Arrays
  • Basic linear algebra
  • Further information on NumPy
• First introduction to SciPy
  • Linear Algebra
  • Sparse linear algebra
  • Fourier Transforms
  • Optimization and root finding
  • Other important submodules of SciPy
  • Further information on SciPy
• First introduction to Matplotlib
  • First steps
  • The Matplotlib Gallery
  • Further information on Matplotlib
• IPython tips
• Examples
  • First example
  • Second example
  • Third example
  • Fourth example
• Some frequent errors
  • Error: data type not understood
  • Error: setting an array element with a sequence
  • Error: matrices are not aligned
  • Error: operands could not be broadcast
  • Error: array dimensions must agree
  • Error: LinAlgError: ...
  • Error: x and y must have same first dimension
• Useful links
  • Tutorials, Manuals and Books
  • Additional software

Advanced Stuff (Optional)

• Matplotlib tips
  • True TeX labels
• Making of: animations
  • External tools
  • Command lines
  • Example Code
• Other noteworthy plot commands
  • Plots in the complex plane
• Mayavi2 tips
• Symbolic calculations
• Optimization of Python Code
• Timing Your Code
• Gluing Stand-Alone Applications
  • Scripting
  • Conducting Numerical Experiments
• Input / Output of numerical data
  • Introduction to HDF
  • Handling HDF files with python
  • A first example
  • HDFView
• Combining Python with Fortran, C and C++
  • Scientific Hello World Examples
  • Combining Python and Fortran
  • Building an Extension Module with Distutils
• Integrated development environment

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Indices and tables

• Index
• Module Index
• Search Page