Overview

This book is designed to help math junkies -- anyone who likes math, studies math, or uses math in their daily life -- learn about computation. The emphasis is on algorithms. It is appropriate for students with no prior programming experience as well as professional scientists. Topics covered include Python expressions, statements, types, lists, arrays, functions, classes, plotting, list comprehension, recursion, linear systems, computational geometry, root finding, interpolation, polynomial least squares, discrete systems, differential equations, principal component analysis, fractals and chaos.--Cover.