Python for Scientific programming

Technical specification/requirements

To take part in this course you will need the following software packages

• Python (>= 2.6 > 3.0)
• IPython (>= 0.12)
• Numpy
• Matplotlib
• Cython (>= 0.15)

GridKa School has provided machines with the above software pre-installed, to which you can log in remotely, but if you install the required packages on your laptop you will be more comfortable working in a familiar environment.

Testing your installation

Download Media:installation-test.tgz. Then

   tar zxvf installation-test.tgz
   cd installation-test
   python setup.py build_ext --inplace
   ipython --pylab -i mandelbrot.py

should pop up a picture of the Mandelbrot set.

Course Material

There are three ways of accessing the course material:

• On-line
• Download this tarball: Media:py-for-sci-in-6-hours.tgz
• During the course, on the school-provided machines, at /home/tutors/generowicz/course