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Secret Recipes of the Python Ninja
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Secret Recipes of the Python Ninja

by Cody Jackson
May 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
380 pages
9h 37m
English
Packt Publishing
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Working with Python's Math Module

In this chapter, we will cover Python's math module and the various mathematical functions provided in it. We will also talk about math-related modules, including cryptography and statistics. Specifically, we will discuss the following topics:

  • Using the math module's functions and constants
  • Working with complex numbers
  • Improving decimal numbers
  • Increasing accuracy with fractions
  • Working with random numbers
  • Using the secrets module
  • Implementing basic statistics
  • Improving functionality with comath

Python uses a hierarchy of abstract base classes to represent number-like classes. While the types defined by the abstract classes cannot be instantiated, they are used to create a numbers tower of subclasses: number ...

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