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The Statistics and Calculus with Python Workshop

By : Peter Farrell, Alvaro Fuentes, Ajinkya Sudhir Kolhe, Quan Nguyen, Alexander Joseph Sarver, Marios Tsatsos
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The Statistics and Calculus with Python Workshop

By: Peter Farrell, Alvaro Fuentes, Ajinkya Sudhir Kolhe, Quan Nguyen, Alexander Joseph Sarver, Marios Tsatsos

Overview of this book

Are you looking to start developing artificial intelligence applications? Do you need a refresher on key mathematical concepts? Full of engaging practical exercises, The Statistics and Calculus with Python Workshop will show you how to apply your understanding of advanced mathematics in the context of Python. The book begins by giving you a high-level overview of the libraries you'll use while performing statistics with Python. As you progress, you'll perform various mathematical tasks using the Python programming language, such as solving algebraic functions with Python starting with basic functions, and then working through transformations and solving equations. Later chapters in the book will cover statistics and calculus concepts and how to use them to solve problems and gain useful insights. Finally, you'll study differential equations with an emphasis on numerical methods and learn about algorithms that directly calculate values of functions. By the end of this book, you’ll have learned how to apply essential statistics and calculus concepts to develop robust Python applications that solve business challenges.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Preface

Newton's Law of Cooling

Did you ever wonder how the Crime Scene Investigator (CSI) with the latex gloves on police shows can tell the time of death of the victim? Isaac Newton is credited with figuring out that the cooling of substances follows a differential equation:

Figure 12.15: Differential equation for rate of change of temperature

See how this differential equation is slightly different than the ones we've seen before? Instead of the rate of change of the temperature of the substance being proportional to the temperature of the substance, this says "the rate of change of the temperature of a substance is proportional to the difference between the temperature of the substance and the temperature of the environment." So, if a cup of hot coffee is left in a hot room, its temperature is going to change less quickly than if it's left in a very cold room. Similarly, we know the starting temperature of the body of the victim on the...