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A Course in Python

The Core of the Language

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  • © 2023

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Authors:
  1. Roozbeh Hazrat

    1. Centre for Research in Mathematics and Data Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia

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  • A hands-on introduction to Python, ideal for a first course or self-study
  • Provides numerous worked-out exercises showing how to write programs in Python
  • Includes several case studies with code, as well as practice problems

Part of the book series: Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series (SUMS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Basics of Python

    • Roozbeh Hazrat
    Pages 1-22

  3. Lists and Tuples

    • Roozbeh Hazrat
    Pages 23-47

  4. Decisions and Repetitions

    • Roozbeh Hazrat
    Pages 49-83

  5. Functions

    • Roozbeh Hazrat
    Pages 85-121

  6. List Comprehension and Generators

    • Roozbeh Hazrat
    Pages 123-152

  7. The sympy Library

    • Roozbeh Hazrat
    Pages 153-182

  8. The numpy Library

    • Roozbeh Hazrat
    Pages 183-209

  9. The matplotlib Library and Projects

    • Roozbeh Hazrat
    Pages 211-246

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 247-250
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About this book

This textbook introduces Python and its programming through a multitude of clearly presented examples and worked-out exercises.


Based on a course taught to undergraduate students of mathematics, science, engineering and finance, the book includes chapters on handling data, calculus, solving equations, and graphics, thus covering all of the basic topics in Python. Each section starts with a description of a new topic and some basic examples. The author then demonstrates the new concepts through worked out exercises. The intention is to enable the reader to learn from the codes, thus avoiding lengthy, exhausting explanations.
 
With its strong focus on programming and problem solving, and an emphasis on numerical problems that do not require advanced mathematics, this textbook is also ideal for self-study, for instance for researchers who wish to use Python as a computational tool.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Research in Mathematics and Data Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia

    Roozbeh Hazrat

About the author

Roozbeh Hazrat is a Professor of Pure Mathematics at Western Sydney University. He has taught computer programming since early 1990s when he was an undergraduate and codes were written on blackboards. He has continued teaching programming at Queen’s University United Kingdom, Western Sydney University, and has run crash courses for the Reserve Bank of Australia and other financial institutions. Besides his many journal publications in pure mathematics, he is the author of the textbook Mathematica: A Problem-Centred Approach.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Course in Python

  • Book Subtitle: The Core of the Language

  • Authors: Roozbeh Hazrat

  • Series Title: Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49780-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-49779-7Published: 05 January 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-49780-3Published: 04 January 2024

  • Series ISSN: 1615-2085

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-4144

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 250

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 91 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Mathematical Software, Algorithms, Mathematics, general

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