© Robert Johansson 2015
Robert JohanssonNumerical Pythonhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-0553-2_1

1. Introduction to Computing with Python

Robert Johansson
(1)
Chiba, Chiba, Japan
 
Keywords
Integrate Development EnvironmentExploratory ComputingInteractive ComputingPython CodePython Language
This book is about using Python for numerical computing. Python is a high-level, general-purpose interpreted programming language that is widely used in scientific computing and engineering. As a general-purpose language, Python was not specifically designed for numerical computing, but many of its characteristics make it well suited for this task. First and foremost, Python is well known for its clean and easy-to-read code syntax. Good code readability improves ...

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