1 Module 1: Basic Plotting (16) 

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1.1 ABCD 

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* Audience 

  + same 

* Behaviour 

  - should be able to generate plots with any combination of built-in

    mathematical functions provided by pylab

* Condition 

  - being learnt in a self-study tutorial.

  - have python setup in their machine

* Degree 

  - RBT - Ap

1.2 LO: getting started with =ipython= (2) [punch] 

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* Objective 

  Participants will be able to invoke and use basic features of ipython. 

* ABCD 

  + Condition 

    - have =python= & =ipython= setup in their machine. no mention of =pylab=

* Assessment Strategy 

  Built-in interspersed exercises

  - workbook

    + errors, make connection with error message

* Outline 

  + invoking ipython 

    if there's a problem, pre-requisites are not met. 

  + getting out 

  + explain the prompt 

  + typing commands 

    - 1+2 

      * careful wording to differentiate from print 

    - print 1+2 

    - history (up, down arrows) 

    - backspace, delete key 

    - tab completion 

      * ab 

      * a 

      * rou 

      * ro 

      * r 

  + =abs?=, =round?= 

  + handling typing errors 

    - round(2.48,

      + close it

      + use ^C  

1.3 LO: using the =plot= command interactively (2) [amit] 

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* Outline 

  + ipython -pylab 

    - pylab brings in the libraries necessary for Scientific Computing. 

  + =linspace=, 

  + =len= 

  + =clf= 

  + =plot= 

  + using the plot ui 

1.4 LO: embellishing a plot (2) [nishanth] 

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* Outline 

  + [X]line width, color, style 

  + [X]Title 

  + [X]Label 

  + [X]annotations 

1.5 LO: saving plots (2) [anoop] 

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* Outline 

  + basic savefig 

  + png, pdf, ps, eps, svg 

  + going to OS and looking at the file 

1.6 LO: multiple plots (3) [madhu] 

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* Outline 

  + overlays 

    - linspace 

      * give one with very few points, more points 

      * show smoothness of the curve 

  + legend 

  + figure 1, figure2 

  + subplots 

1.7 LO: additional features of IPython (2) [nishanth] 

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* Outline 

  + =%save=, =%history=, =%run= 

1.8 LO: module level assessment (3) [madhu] 

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* 10-12 question, time the questions 

* pause & and play when ready to look at answers 

* show the answers 

* one large or two medium questions 

* ex: four_plot 

2 Module 2: Plotting Experimental Data (12) 

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2.1 ABCD 

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* Audience 

  + same 

* Behaviour 

  - should be able to generate plots with numeric data from files.

* Condition 

  - being learnt in a self-study tutorial.

  - have python setup in their machine

* Degree 

  - Same

2.2 LO: loading data from files (3) [punch] 

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* loadtxt with unpack=True 

  + primes.list (one col) 

  + pendulum.txt (two col) 

2.3 LO: plotting the data (3) [amit] 

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* plot L vs. T^2 

  + using square function 

* problem with 3 cols 

  + 3rd column is error 

  + error bar 

2.4 LO: other types of plots (3) [anoop] 

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* scatter 

* pie chart 

* bar chart 

* log 

* illustration of other plots, matplotlib help 

2.5 LO: module level assessment (3) [nishanth] 

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* pos.txt is evaluation 

3 Module 3: Handling Large Data Files (17) 

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3.1 LO: getting started with lists (2) [amit] 

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* empty 

* filled lists 

  + heterogenity 

* accessing 

* len 

* =append= elements 

* del (+ remove) 

3.2 LO: getting started with =for= (2) [anoop] 

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* blocks in python 

  + (indentation) 

* blocks in ipython 

  + ... prompt 

  + hitting enter 

* =for= with a list 

* =range= function 

3.3 LO: getting started with strings (2) [madhu] 

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* strings 

  + single, double, triple quoted 

* accessing elements 

* show immutability 

* tell that there are methods for manipulation 

3.4 LO: getting started with files (3) [punch] 

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* show file object 

* read the file with =read= 

* closing the file 

* for line in file: 

* print a line 

* append the lines to a list 

3.5 LO: parsing data (3) [nishanth] 

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* explain what is parsing 

* strip (with strings) 

* split (with strings) 

  + with delimiters 

    - specify space as delimiter 

* datatype conversion 

* reading from files 

  + do the same problem done with loadtxt (for pendulum) 

  + basic parse sslc text 

3.6 LO: statistics (2) [amit] 

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* mean 

  + summing 

* median 

* std 

3.7 LO: module level assessment (3) [madhu] 

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* mean g 

4 Module 4: Arrays and Matrices (14) 

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4.1 LO: getting started with arrays (2) [anoop] 

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* why arrays 

  + speed - simply say 

  + array level operations 

* creating arrays 

  + direct data 

  + list conversion 

  + homogeneous 

  + builtins - identitiy, zeros, 

* array operations 

  + =+ - * /= 

4.2 LO: accessing parts of arrays (4) [punch] 

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* accessing individual elements 

* slicing, striding 

* image manipulation 

4.3 LO: Matrices (3) [anoop] 

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* creating matrices 

  + direct data 

  + list conversion 

  + builtins - identitiy, zeros, 

* matrix operations 

  + + - * / 

  + dot 

  + inv 

  + det 

  + eig 

  + norm 

  + svd 

4.4 LO: Least square fit (2) [nishanth] 

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* show pendulum 

  + use loadtxt 

* lstsq 

4.5 LO: Assessment (3) [punch] 

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* extract faces from a group photograph 

5 Module 5: using Sage (13) 

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5.1 LO: getting started with sage notebook (3) [madhu] 

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* about sage 

  + ... 

* starting the notebook server 

* using the UI 

  + typesetting & print 

  + selecting language 

    - sage 

    - LaTeX 

    - python 

  + help 

    - sum(<tab> 

    - ? 

5.2 LO: getting started with symbolics (3) [amit] 

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* symbolic expressions 

  + built-in constants & functions 

  + algebraic expressions, 

  + series 

  + integration, differentiation 

  + matrices 

* symbolic functions 

  + defining 

* simplification 

* finding roots & factors 

* substituting expressions 

* output formats 

5.3 LO: using Sage (4) [punch] 

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* ABCD 

  + Degree 

    - RBT - U 

* Calculus 

  + limits 

  + differentiation 

  + integration 

    - indefinite 

    - definite 

  + piece-wise functions 

  + differential equations 

  + maxima, minima 

* Linear Algebra 

  + Vectors and Matrices 

    - constructions 

  + Vector Operations 

    - linear combination 

    - dot 

    - cross 

    - pairwise 

  + Matrix Operations 

    - linear combination 

    - matrix multiplication 

    - inverse 

    - transpose 

    - adjoint 

    - rank 

    - determinant 

    - trace 

    - norm 

  + Solving equations 

  + Eigenvalues, eigenvectors 

* Graph Theory 

* Number Theory 

5.4 LO: using sage to teach (3) [nishanth] 

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* @interact 

* 2D, 3D graphics 

* Graph Theory 

* Share, Publish 

* print 

5.5 LO: Assessment (3) [anoop] 

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* 5 questions 

* choice of exercises from one area 

6 Module 6: Python Language: Basics (12)

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6.1 LO: basic datatypes & operators (4) [amit]

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* int 

  + L, long 

* float 

  + repr, str 

* complex

  + methods like imag, real

* boolean

  + short circuit logic

* conversion functions

* sequence datatypes & mutability 

  + list available sequence datatypes 

    - string 

    - list 

    - tuple 

  + mutability 

  + conversion 

  + common stuff 

    - len 

    - in 

    - max, min, sum, sorted, reversed 

    - accessing individual elements 

    - slicing, striding 

    - containership

6.2 LO: I/O (1) [nishanth]

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* print statement

* raw_input

6.3 LO: conditionals (2) [Madhu]

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* if, elif, else 

* pass 

* ternary operator

6.4 LO: loops (2) [punch]

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* while

* for

* pass, break, continue

6.5 LO: Assessment (3) [Anoop]

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* 10 Questions

* One of collatz or armstrong numbers

7 Module 7: Python Language: Datastructures (14)

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7.1 LO: manipulating lists (3) [Madhu]

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* concatenation

* slicing

* striding

* .sort 

* sorted 

* .reverse 

* reversed 

7.2 LO: manipulating strings (2) [punch]

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* upper, lower, 

* replace 

* slicing 

* [::-1] 

* reversed 

* palindrome check 

7.3 LO: getting started with tuples (2) [nishanth]

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* immutability 

* tuple packing, unpacking 

  + a, b = b, a 

* accessing individual elements 

* slicing, striding 

7.4 LO: dictionaries (2) [anoop]

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* empty 

* filled 

* accessing via keys 

* .values(), .keys() 

* in 

* iteration

7.5 LO: sets (2) [nishanth] 

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* Operations

  + Union

  + Intersection

  + Complement

  + Symmetric Difference

* Containership

* Subset

* len

7.6 LO: Assessment (3) [amit]

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* 10 Questions

* Anagrams for sets and dictionaries

* A problem for lists and strings

8 Module 8: Python Language: Advanced (16)

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8.1 LO: getting started with functions (3) [nishanth]

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* defining function

* arguments

* docstrings

* return values

  + can return multiple values

* code reading exercises

8.2 LO: advanced features of functions (3) [punch]

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* default arguments

* keyword arguments

* built-in functions show off

8.3 LO: using python modules (3) [anoop]

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* executing python scripts from command line

* import

* scipy

* pylab

* sys

* STDLIB modules show off

8.4 LO: writing python scripts (2)  [nishanth]

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* importing our own modules

* if __name__ == '__main__'

8.5 LO: testing and debugging (2) [amit]

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* Types of errors and exceptions

* Strategy for debugging

  + Using print

8.6 LO: Assessment (3) [punch]

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* 10 Questions

* Find four digit numbers whose digits are all even

* Write a script to use methods from pylab (like plot, show and other commands) and execute it as a stand-alone script