Numerical Python: Scientific Computing and Data Science Applications with Numpy, SciPy and Matplotlib

© Robert Johansson 2019

Robert JohanssonNumerical Python https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4246-9_4

4. Plotting and Visualization

Robert Johansson¹ 

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Urayasu-shi, Chiba, Japan

 

Visualization is a universal tool for investigating and communicating results of computational studies, and it is hardly an exaggeration to say that the end product of nearly all computations – be it numeric or symbolic – is a plot or a graph of some sort. It is when visualized in graphical form that knowledge and insights can be most easily gained from computational results. Visualization is therefore a tremendously important part of the workflow in all fields of computational studies.

In the scientific computing environment for Python, there are a number of high-quality ...