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By Peter Farrell
Math Adventures with Python teaches you how to use Python to transform learning math topics like algebra, geometry, and calculus!
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Math Adventures with Python will show you how to harness the power of programming to keep math relevant and fun. With the aid of the Python programming language, you’ll learn how to visualize solutions to a range of math problems as you use code to explore key mathematical concepts like algebra, trigonometry, matrices, and cellular automata.
Once you’ve learned the programming basics like loops and variables, you’ll write your own programs to solve equations quickly, make cool things like an interactive rainbow grid, and automate tedious tasks like factoring numbers and finding square roots. You’ll learn how to write functions to draw and manipulate shapes, create oscillating sine waves, and solve equations graphically.
You’ll also learn how to:
As you work through the book’s numerous examples and increasingly challenging exercises, you’ll code your own solutions, create beautiful visualizations, and see just how much more fun math can be!
January 2019, 304 pp.
ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-867-0
Introduction
Part 1: Hitchin’ Up Your Python Wagon
Chapter 1: Drawing Polygons with Turtles
Chapter 2: Making Tedious Arithmetic Fun with Lists and Loops
Chapter 3: Guessing and Checking with Conditionals
Part 2: Riding into Math Territory
Chapter 4: Transforming and Storing Numbers with Algebra
Chapter 5: Transforming Shapes with Geometry
Chapter 6: Creating Oscillations with Trigonometry
Chapter 7: Complex Numbers
Chapter 8: Using Matrices for Computer Graphics and Systems of Equations
Part 3: Blazing Your Own Trail
Chapter 9: Building Objects with Classes
Chapter 10: Creating Fractals Using Recursion
Chapter 11: Cellular Automata
Chapter 12: Solving Problems Using Genetic Algorithms
Index
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On page xxiii, use CTRL-N to open a new file, not ALT-N.
On page 129, the values for u and v should produce the answer of [4, 6].
On page 130, the result should be 4 + 6i, not 6 + 4i.
Page 137, Listing 7-4:
In the setup function, change the following lines:
xscl = float(rangex)/width
yscl = float(rangey)/height
to
xscl= width / rangex
yscl= -height / rangey
On page 141, add return num to the end of Listing 7-7.
On page 189, the following line:
if sheep.energy <= 0:
should read:
if self.energy <= 0:
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“We have entered an era where learning Python is as essential as knowing the analytical skills of mathematics, and so from students to teachers, Math Adventures with Python is an indispensable book for all.” —Gabrielle Birkman, Mathematician and Writer
“Peter Farrell subverts the structure of a traditional math textbook and adopts an approach centered on student creation and discovery. Rather than treating mathematical facts as symbolic formalism to be mindlessly imitated by students, Math Adventures with Python seeks to teach mathematics through guided discovery. ” —Dr. Tien Chih, Professor of Mathematics, Montana State University-Billings.
“If you’re a mathy type and want to get into some computer programming, or if you’re a computer person but want to learn what kinds of math you can do with code, Math Adventures with Python will help you achieve those goals.” —Jenny Bristol, GeekDad
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