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NumPy Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Ivan Idris
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NumPy Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Ivan Idris

Overview of this book

<p>NumPy has the ability to give you speed and high productivity. High performance calculations can be done easily with clean and efficient code, and it allows you to execute complex algebraic and mathematical computations in no time.</p> <p>This book will give you a solid foundation in NumPy arrays and universal functions. Starting with the installation and configuration of IPython, you'll learn about advanced indexing and array concepts along with commonly used yet effective functions. You will then cover practical concepts such as image processing, special arrays, and universal functions. You will also learn about plotting with Matplotlib and the related SciPy project with the help of examples. At the end of the book, you will study how to explore atmospheric pressure and its related techniques. By the time you finish this book, you'll be able to write clean and fast code with NumPy.</p>
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
NumPy Cookbook Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 3. Getting to Grips with Commonly Used Functions

In this chapter, we will cover a number of commonly used functions:

  • sqrt(), log(), arange(), astype(), and sum()

  • ceil(), modf(), where(), ravel(), and take()

  • sort() and outer()

  • diff(), sign(), and eig()

  • histogram() and polyfit()

  • compress() and randint()

We will be discussing these functions in the following recipes:

  • Summing Fibonacci numbers

  • Finding prime factors

  • Finding palindromic numbers

  • The steady state vector

  • Discovering a power law

  • Trading periodically on dips

  • Simulating trading at random

  • Sieving integers with the Sieve of Eratosthenes