CSCI 240 Introduction to Scientific Computing

Spring 2006

Syllabus

Schedule

Documentation and tutorials

Many things can be found on the main Python site. There is also a local copy of the full set of Python 2.4.2 documentation. I'm providing links and hardcopy to a few items that I think you are most likely to find helpful.

I have placed hardcopy of a few documents in the lab; look on the table in the lounge corner (and please put them back there when you are through with them).

Python Reference Manual

hardcopy, local, and at python.org.

A Byte of Python

A tutorial for non-programmers; hardcopy and online.

Learning Python

I'll leave my copy of this book in the lab when I'm not using it.

Programming Python

This book is a more advanced reference and description of techniques; one copy in the lab.

Numeric and Scientific modules

You can find out a lot about these two modules using the help facility built into Python. I've placed a copy of the documentation for Numeric (from which I copied you a few chapters) on the CS lab machines; you can read it with the command acroread /scilab/share/cgray/csci240/numpy.pdf

You can also find that documentaion online in either HTML or PDF.

Other resources

• Python on your own computer

Last modified: Mon Apr 10 17:06:48 CDT 2006