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Applying Math with Python - Second Edition

By : Sam Morley
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Applying Math with Python - Second Edition

By: Sam Morley

Overview of this book

The updated edition of Applying Math with Python will help you solve complex problems in a wide variety of mathematical fields in simple and efficient ways. Old recipes have been revised for new libraries and several recipes have been added to demonstrate new tools such as JAX. You'll start by refreshing your knowledge of several core mathematical fields and learn about packages covered in Python's scientific stack, including NumPy, SciPy, and Matplotlib. As you progress, you'll gradually get to grips with more advanced topics of calculus, probability, and networks (graph theory). Once you’ve developed a solid base in these topics, you’ll have the confidence to set out on math adventures with Python as you explore Python's applications in data science and statistics, forecasting, geometry, and optimization. The final chapters will take you through a collection of miscellaneous problems, including working with specific data formats and accelerating code. By the end of this book, you'll have an arsenal of practical coding solutions that can be used and modified to solve a wide range of practical problems in computational mathematics and data science.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Further reading

There are many mathematical textbooks describing the basic properties of matrices and linear algebra, which is the study of vectors and matrices. The following are good introductory texts for linear algebra:

  • Strang, G. (2016). Introduction to Linear Algebra. Wellesley, MA: Wellesley-Cambridge Press, Fifth Edition.
  • Blyth, T. and Robertson, E. (2013). Basic Linear Algebra. London: Springer London, Limited.

NumPy and SciPy are part of the Python mathematical and scientific computing ecosystem and have extensive documentation that can be accessed from the official website, https://scipy.org. We will see several other packages from this ecosystem throughout this book.

More information about the BLAS and LAPACK libraries that NumPy and SciPy use behind the scenes can be found at the following links: