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+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+% Tutorial slides on Python.
+%
+% Author: Prabhu Ramachandran <prabhu at aero.iitb.ac.in>
+% Copyright (c) 2005-2008, Prabhu Ramachandran
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+\documentclass[14pt,compress]{beamer}
+%\documentclass[draft]{beamer}
+%\documentclass[compress,handout]{beamer}
+%\usepackage{pgfpages} 
+%\pgfpagesuselayout{2 on 1}[a4paper,border shrink=5mm]
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+% Modified from: generic-ornate-15min-45min.de.tex
+\mode<presentation>
+{
+  \usetheme{Warsaw}
+  \useoutertheme{split}
+  \setbeamercovered{transparent}
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+
+\usepackage[english]{babel}
+\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
+%\usepackage{times}
+\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
+
+% Taken from Fernando's slides.
+\usepackage{ae,aecompl}
+\usepackage{mathpazo,courier,euler}
+\usepackage[scaled=.95]{helvet}
+
+\definecolor{darkgreen}{rgb}{0,0.5,0}
+
+\usepackage{listings}
+\lstset{language=Python,
+    basicstyle=\ttfamily\bfseries,
+    commentstyle=\color{red}\itshape,
+  stringstyle=\color{darkgreen},
+  showstringspaces=false,
+  keywordstyle=\color{blue}\bfseries}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+% Macros
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+
+\newcommand{\typ}[1]{\texttt{#1}}
+
+\newcommand{\kwrd}[1]{ \texttt{\textbf{\color{blue}{#1}}}  }
+
+%%% This is from Fernando's setup.
+% \usepackage{color}
+% \definecolor{orange}{cmyk}{0,0.4,0.8,0.2}
+% % Use and configure listings package for nicely formatted code
+% \usepackage{listings}
+% \lstset{
+%    language=Python,
+%    basicstyle=\small\ttfamily,
+%    commentstyle=\ttfamily\color{blue},
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+%    showstringspaces=false,
+%    breaklines=true,
+%    postbreak = \space\dots
+% }
+
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+% Title page
+\title[Basic Python]{Python,\\a great programming toolkit:\\
+numerics and plotting}
+
+\author[Asokan \& Prabhu] {Asokan Pichai\\Prabhu Ramachandran}
+
+\institute[IIT Bombay] {Department of Aerospace Engineering\\IIT Bombay}
+\date[] {26, July 2009}
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+%\pgfdeclareimage[height=0.75cm]{iitmlogo}{iitmlogo}
+%\logo{\pgfuseimage{iitmlogo}}
+
+
+%% Delete this, if you do not want the table of contents to pop up at
+%% the beginning of each subsection:
+\AtBeginSubsection[]
+{
+  \begin{frame}<beamer>
+    \frametitle{Outline}
+    \tableofcontents[currentsection,currentsubsection]
+  \end{frame}
+}
+
+\AtBeginSection[]
+{
+  \begin{frame}<beamer>
+    \frametitle{Outline}
+    \tableofcontents[currentsection,currentsubsection]
+  \end{frame}
+}
+
+% If you wish to uncover everything in a step-wise fashion, uncomment
+% the following command: 
+%\beamerdefaultoverlayspecification{<+->}
+
+%\includeonlyframes{current,current1,current2,current3,current4,current5,current6}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+% DOCUMENT STARTS
+\begin{document}
+
+\begin{frame}
+  \titlepage
+\end{frame}
+\begin{frame}
+  {Acknowledgements}
+  \begin{center}
+  This program is conducted by\\
+  IIT, Bombay\\
+  through CDEEP\\
+  as part of  the open source initiatives\\
+  under the aegis of\\
+  \alert{National Mission on Education through ICT,} \\
+  Ministry of HRD.
+  \end{center}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+  \frametitle{Outline}
+  \tableofcontents
+  % You might wish to add the option [pausesections]
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}{Goal of the Workshop}
+
+        At the end of this program, successful participants will be able
+        to use python as their scripting and problem solving language.
+        Aimed at Engg. students--focus on basic numerics and plotting--
+        but should serve a similar purpose for others.\\
+
+        At the minimum you will be able to use Python for your plotting immediately.
+
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}{Checklist}
+    
+  \begin{description}
+	\item[pylab] matplotlib interface 
+	\item[numpy] Array computing
+        \item[scipy] numerical work
+        \item[mayavi] \typ{enthought.mayavi}: 3D viz.
+  \end{description}
+\end{frame}
+
+\section{30000 feet view}
+\begin{frame}{Lets see what we can do!}
+  \huge
+  Hold on to your seatbelts
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+  {That was done by\ldots}
+  \begin{description}[CalisthenicsIsAnArt]
+      \item[Arrays] 2--3 lines; 5 minutes to learn
+      \item[2D plots] 5 lines; 10 minutes to learn
+      \item[Simple 3D plots] 5 lines; 10 minutes to learn; GUI
+          exploration!
+      \item[Complex plots] relatively short (10-15 lines); more time to master; 
+  \end{description}
+  \inctime{15}
+\end{frame}
+
+\section{Matplotlib}
+
+\subsection{Basic \typ{numpy} }
+
+\newcommand{\num}{\texttt{numpy}}
+
+\begin{frame}
+  \frametitle{The \num\ module}
+  \begin{itemize}
+      \item Why?
+  \item What:
+    \begin{itemize}
+    \item An efficient and powerful array type for various common data
+      types
+    \item Abstracts out the most commonly used standard operations on
+      arrays
+    \end{itemize}
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Examples of \num}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+# Simple array math example
+>>> from numpy import *
+>>> a = array([1,2,3,4])
+>>> b = array([2,3,4,5])
+>>> a*2 + b + 1 # Basic math!
+array([5, 8, 11, 14])
+# Pi and e are defined.
+>>> x = linspace(0.0, 10.0, 1000)
+>>> x *= 2*pi/10 # inplace.
+# apply functions to array.
+>>> y = sin(x)
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+  \frametitle{Basic concepts}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item fixed size (\typ{arr.size});
+  \item Same type (\typ{arr.dtype}) of data
+  \item arbitrary dimensionality
+  \item \typ{arr.shape}: size in each dimension
+  \item \alert{Note:} \typ{len(arr) != arr.size} in general
+  \item \alert{Note:} By default array operations are performed
+    \alert{elementwise}
+  \item Indices, slicing: just like lists 
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{More examples of \num}
+\vspace*{-8pt}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+>>> x = array([1., 2, 3, 4])
+>>> size(x)
+4
+>>> x.dtype # What is a.dtype?
+dtype('float64')
+>>> x.shape
+(4,)
+>>> print rank(x), x.itemsize
+1 8
+>>> x[0] = 10
+>>> print x[0], x[-1]
+10.0 4.0
+\end{lstlisting}
+    
+\inctime{10}
+\end{frame}
+
+
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\subsection{Plotting with \typ{pylab}}
+
+\begin{frame}
+    {IPython's \typ{pylab} mode}
+\begin{itemize}
+    \item \typ{pylab}: convenient 2D plotting interface to MPL
+    \item Immediate use: \typ{ipython -pylab}
+    \item Imports all of pylab for you!
+    \item Allows for interactive plotting
+\end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+    \frametitle{Basic 2D plotting}
+
+\begin{lstlisting}
+>>> x = linspace(0, 2*pi, 1000)
+>>> plot(x, sin(x)) 
+>>> plot(x, sin(x), 'ro')
+>>> xlabel(r'$\chi$', color='g')
+# LaTeX markup!
+>>> ylabel(r'sin($\chi$)', color='r')
+>>> title('Simple figure', fontsize=20)
+>>> savefig('/tmp/test.eps')
+\end{lstlisting}
+\begin{itemize}
+  \item Also: PNG, PDF, PS, EPS, SVG, PDF
+\end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+       
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Basic plotting \ldots}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+# Set properties of objects:
+>>> l, = plot(x, sin(x))
+# Why "l,"?
+>>> setp(l, linewidth=2.0, color='r')
+>>> l.set_linewidth(2.0)
+>>> draw() # Redraw.
+>>> setp(l) # Print properties
+>>> clf() # Clear figure.
+>>> close() # Close figure.
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+    \frametitle{Multiple figures}
+
+\begin{lstlisting}
+>>> figure(1)
+>>> plot(x, sin(x))
+>>> figure(2)
+>>> plot(x, tanh(x))
+>>> figure(1)
+>>> title('Easy as 1,2,3')
+\end{lstlisting}
+    
+\end{frame}
+
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Legends and Annotation}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+>>> plot(x, cos(5*x), 'r--', 
+         label='cosine')
+>>> plot(x, sin(5*x), 'g--', 
+         label='sine')
+>>> legend() 
+# Or use:
+>>> legend(['cosine', 'sine'])
+# Annotation:
+>>> text(1,0, '(1,0)')
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+    \frametitle{More commands \ldots}
+    \begin{lstlisting}
+# semilog, loglog 
+>>> x = 10.**(-arange(100)*0.1)
+>>> semilogx(x, x)
+>>> semilogy(x, x)
+>>> loglog(x, x)
+>>> loglog(x, x*x)
+    \end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+    \frametitle{More plots \ldots}
+    \begin{lstlisting}
+>>> clf()
+>>> t = arange(0.1, 4, 0.1)
+>>> s = exp(-t)
+>>> e = 0.1*abs(randn(len(s)))
+>>> errorbar(t, s, e)
+# Scatter plots
+>>> clf()
+>>> t = randn(len(e))
+>>> scatter(t, e, c=s)
+    \end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+    \frametitle{Note: \typ{pylab} in Python scripts}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+import pylab
+x = pylab.linspace(0, 20, 1000)
+pylab.plot(x, pylab.sin(x))
+
+# Can also use:
+from pylab import linspace, sin, plot
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{X-Y plot}
+  \begin{columns}
+    \column{0.5\textwidth}
+    \hspace*{-0.5in}
+    \includegraphics[height=2in, interpolate=true]{data/xyplot}
+    \column{0.45\textwidth}
+    \begin{block}{Example code}
+    \tiny
+\begin{lstlisting}
+t1 = arange(0.0, 5.0, 0.1)
+t2 = arange(0.0, 5.0, 0.02)
+t3 = arange(0.0, 2.0, 0.01)
+subplot(211)
+plot(t1, cos(2*pi*t1)*exp(-t1), 'bo', 
+     t2, cos(2*pi*t2)*exp(-t2), 'k')
+grid(True)
+title('A tale of 2 subplots')
+ylabel('Damped')
+subplot(212)
+plot(t3, cos(2*pi*t3), 'r--')
+grid(True)
+xlabel('time (s)')
+ylabel('Undamped')
+\end{lstlisting}
+    \end{block}
+  \end{columns}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile] \frametitle{Semi-log and log-log plots}
+  \begin{columns}
+    \column{0.5\textwidth}
+    \hspace*{-0.5in}
+  \includegraphics[height=2in, interpolate=true]{data/log}  
+    \column{0.45\textwidth}
+    \begin{block}{Example code}
+    \tiny
+\begin{lstlisting}
+dt = 0.01
+t = arange(dt, 20.0, dt)
+subplot(311)
+semilogy(t, exp(-t/5.0))
+ylabel('semilogy')
+grid(True)
+subplot(312)
+semilogx(t, sin(2*pi*t))
+ylabel('semilogx')
+grid(True)
+# minor grid on too
+gca().xaxis.grid(True, which='minor')  
+subplot(313)
+loglog(t, 20*exp(-t/10.0), basex=4)
+grid(True)
+ylabel('loglog base 4 on x')
+\end{lstlisting}
+  \end{block}
+\end{columns}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile] \frametitle{Errorbar}
+  \begin{columns}
+    \column{0.5\textwidth}
+    \hspace*{-0.5in}
+  \includegraphics[height=2in, interpolate=true]{data/errorbar}  
+    \column{0.45\textwidth}
+    \begin{block}{Example code}
+    \tiny
+\begin{lstlisting}
+t = arange(0.1, 4, 0.1)
+s = exp(-t)
+e = 0.1*abs(randn(len(s)))
+f = 0.1*abs(randn(len(s)))
+g = 2*e
+h = 2*f
+errorbar(t, s, [e,g], f, fmt='o')
+xlabel('Distance (m)')
+ylabel('Height (m)')
+title('Mean and standard error '\
+      'as a function of distance')
+\end{lstlisting}
+  \end{block}
+\end{columns}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile] \frametitle{Histogram}
+  \begin{columns}
+    \column{0.5\textwidth}
+    \hspace*{-0.5in}
+  \includegraphics[height=2in, interpolate=true]{data/histogram}  
+    \column{0.45\textwidth}
+    \begin{block}{Example code}
+    \tiny
+\begin{lstlisting}
+mu, sigma = 100, 15
+x = mu + sigma*randn(10000)
+# the histogram of the data
+n, bins, patches = hist(x, 100, normed=1)
+# add a 'best fit' line
+y = normpdf( bins, mu, sigma)
+l = plot(bins, y, 'r--', linewidth=2)
+xlim(40, 160)
+xlabel('Smarts')
+ylabel('P')
+title(r'$\rm{IQ:}\/ \mu=100,\/ \sigma=15$')
+\end{lstlisting}
+  \end{block}
+\end{columns}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile] \frametitle{Bar charts}
+  \begin{columns}
+    \column{0.5\textwidth}
+    \hspace*{-0.5in}
+  \includegraphics[height=2in, interpolate=true]{data/barchart}  
+    \column{0.45\textwidth}
+    \begin{block}{Example code}
+    \tiny
+\begin{lstlisting}
+N = 5
+menMeans = (20, 35, 30, 35, 27)
+menStd =   ( 2,  3,  4,  1,  2)
+# the x locations for the groups
+ind = arange(N) 
+# the width of the bars
+width = 0.35       
+p1 = bar(ind, menMeans, width, 
+         color='r', yerr=menStd)
+womenMeans = (25, 32, 34, 20, 25)
+womenStd =   ( 3,  5,  2,  3,  3)
+p2 = bar(ind+width, womenMeans, width, 
+         color='y', yerr=womenStd)
+ylabel('Scores')
+title('Scores by group and gender')
+xticks(ind+width, 
+       ('G1', 'G2', 'G3', 'G4', 'G5'))
+xlim(-width,len(ind))
+yticks(arange(0,41,10))
+legend((p1[0], p2[0]), 
+       ('Men', 'Women'), shadow=True)
+\end{lstlisting}
+  \end{block}
+\end{columns}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile] \frametitle{Pie charts}
+  \begin{columns}
+    \column{0.5\textwidth}
+    \hspace*{-0.4in}
+  \includegraphics[height=2.0in, interpolate=true]{data/piechart}  
+    \column{0.45\textwidth}
+    \begin{block}{Example code}
+    \tiny
+\begin{lstlisting}
+# make a square figure and axes
+figure(1, figsize=(8,8))
+ax = axes([0.1, 0.1, 0.8, 0.8])
+labels = 'Frogs', 'Hogs', 'Dogs', 'Logs'
+fracs = [15,30,45, 10]
+explode=(0, 0.05, 0, 0)
+pie(fracs, explode=explode, labels=labels, 
+    autopct='%1.1f%%', shadow=True)
+title('Raining Hogs and Dogs', 
+      bbox={'facecolor':'0.8', 'pad':5})
+\end{lstlisting}
+  \end{block}
+\end{columns}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile] \frametitle{Scatter plots}
+  \begin{columns}
+    \column{0.5\textwidth}
+    \hspace*{-0.4in}
+  \includegraphics[height=2in, interpolate=true]{data/scatter}  
+    \column{0.45\textwidth}
+    \begin{block}{Example code}
+    \tiny
+\begin{lstlisting}
+N = 30
+x = 0.9*rand(N)
+y = 0.9*rand(N)
+# 0 to 10 point radiuses
+area = pi*(10 * rand(N))**2 
+volume = 400 + rand(N)*450
+scatter(x,y,s=area, marker='o', c=volume, 
+        alpha=0.75)
+xlabel(r'$\Delta_i$', size='x-large')
+ylabel(r'$\Delta_{i+1}$', size='x-large')
+title(r'Volume and percent change')
+grid(True)
+colorbar()
+savefig('scatter')
+\end{lstlisting}
+  \end{block}
+\end{columns}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile] \frametitle{Polar}
+  \begin{columns}
+    \column{0.5\textwidth}
+    \hspace*{-0.5in}
+  \includegraphics[height=2in, interpolate=true]{data/polar}  
+    \column{0.45\textwidth}
+    \begin{block}{Example code}
+    \tiny
+\begin{lstlisting}
+figure(figsize=(8,8))
+ax = axes([0.1, 0.1, 0.8, 0.8], 
+          polar=True, 
+          axisbg='#d5de9c')
+r = arange(0,1,0.001)
+theta = 2*2*pi*r
+polar(theta, r, color='#ee8d18', lw=3)
+# the radius of the grid labels
+setp(ax.thetagridlabels, y=1.075) 
+title(r"$\theta=4\pi r", fontsize=20)
+\end{lstlisting}
+  \end{block}
+\end{columns}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile] \frametitle{Contours}
+  \begin{columns}
+    \column{0.45\textwidth}
+    \hspace*{-0.5in}
+  \includegraphics[height=2in, interpolate=true]{data/contour}  
+    \column{0.525\textwidth}
+    \begin{block}{Example code}
+    \tiny
+\begin{lstlisting}
+x = arange(-3.0, 3.0, 0.025)
+y = arange(-2.0, 2.0, 0.025)
+X, Y = meshgrid(x, y)
+Z1 = bivariate_normal(X, Y, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0)
+Z2 = bivariate_normal(X, Y, 1.5, 0.5, 1, 1)
+# difference of Gaussians
+Z = 10.0 * (Z2 - Z1)
+im = imshow(Z, interpolation='bilinear', 
+            origin='lower',
+            cmap=cm.gray, extent=(-3,3,-2,2))
+levels = arange(-1.2, 1.6, 0.2)
+# label every second level
+clabel(CS, levels[1::2],  inline=1,
+       fmt='%1.1f', fontsize=14)
+CS = contour(Z, levels,
+             origin='lower',
+             linewidths=2,
+             extent=(-3,3,-2,2))
+# make a colorbar for the contour lines
+CB = colorbar(CS, shrink=0.8, extend='both')
+title('Lines with colorbar')
+hot(); flag()
+\end{lstlisting}
+  \end{block}
+\end{columns}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile] \frametitle{Velocity vectors}
+  \begin{columns}
+    \column{0.5\textwidth}
+    \hspace*{-0.5in}
+  \includegraphics[height=2in, interpolate=true]{data/quiver}  
+    \column{0.45\textwidth}
+    \begin{block}{Example code}
+    \tiny
+\begin{lstlisting}
+X,Y = meshgrid(arange(0,2*pi,.2),
+               arange(0,2*pi,.2) )
+U = cos(X)
+V = sin(Y)
+Q = quiver(X[::3, ::3], Y[::3, ::3], 
+           U[::3, ::3], V[::3, ::3],
+           color='r', units='x', 
+           linewidths=(2,), 
+           edgecolors=('k'), 
+           headaxislength=5 )
+qk = quiverkey(Q, 0.5, 0.03, 1, '1 m/s', 
+               fontproperties=
+               {'weight': 'bold'})
+axis([-1, 7, -1, 7])
+title('triangular head; scale '\
+      'with x view; black edges')
+\end{lstlisting}
+  \end{block}
+\end{columns}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile] \frametitle{Maps}
+  \includegraphics[height=2.5in, interpolate=true]{data/plotmap}  
+  \begin{center}
+    \tiny
+    For details see \url{http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/screenshots/plotmap.py}
+  \end{center}
+\end{frame}
+
+
+\begin{frame}
+  \frametitle{More information}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item More information here: \url{http://matplotlib.sf.net}
+  \item \url{http://matplotlib.sf.net/tutorial.html}
+  \item \url{http://matplotlib.sf.net/screenshots.html}
+  \end{itemize}
+
+  \inctime{25}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+  \frametitle{Problem set 1.0}
+  \begin{enumerate}
+      \item Write a function that plots any n-gon given \typ{n}.
+      \item Consider the logistic map, $f(x) = kx(1-x)$, plot it for
+          $k=2.5, 3.5$ and $4$
+\end{enumerate}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+  \frametitle{Problem set 1.1}
+  \begin{enumerate}
+      \item Consider the iteration $x_{n+1} = f(x_n)$ where $f(x) =
+          kx(1-x)$.  Plot the successive iterates of this process.
+      \item Plot this using a cobweb plot as follows:
+          \begin{enumerate}
+              \item Start at $(x_0, 0)$
+              \item Draw line to $(x_i, f(x_i))$; 
+              \item Set $x_{i+1} = f(x_i)$
+              \item Draw line to $(x_i, x_i)$
+              \item Repeat from 2 for as long as you want 
+          \end{enumerate}
+    \end{enumerate}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+  \frametitle{Problem set 1.2}
+  \begin{enumerate}
+
+      \item Plot the Koch snowflake.  Write a function to generate the
+          necessary points given the two points constituting a line.
+          \pause
+          \begin{enumerate}
+              \item Split the line into 4 segments.
+              \item The first and last segments are trivial.
+              \item To rotate the point you can use complex numbers,
+                  recall that $z e^{j \theta}$ rotates a point $z$ in 2D
+                  by $\theta$.
+              \item Do this for all line segments till everything is
+                  done.
+          \end{enumerate}
+      \item Show rate of convergence for a first and second order finite
+          difference of sin(x)
+\end{enumerate}
+\inctime{30}
+\end{frame}
+
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{More IPython features}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item Input and output caching:
+    \begin{itemize}
+    \item \verb+In+: a list of all entered input
+    \item \verb+Out+: a dict of all output
+    \item \verb+%hist [-n]+ macro shows previous history, \verb+-n+
+      suppresses line number information
+    \end{itemize}
+  \item Log the session using \verb+%logstart+, \verb+%logon+ and
+    \verb+%logoff+
+  \item Use \verb+;+ to suppress printing output
+  \item \verb+%time statement+
+  \item \verb+%timeit [-n<N> -r<R> [-t|-c]] statement+
+
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{More IPython features}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item \verb+%run [options] file[.py]+ -- running Python code
+  \item \verb+%prun+ runs a statement/expression under the profiler
+  \item \verb+%debug+: Helps with debugging after a crash
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{More IPython features \ldots}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item \verb+%edit [options] [args]+: edit lines of code or file
+    specified in editor (configure editor via \verb+$EDITOR+)
+  \item \verb+%cd+ changes directory, see also \verb+%pushd, %popd, %dhist+
+  \item Shell access
+    \begin{itemize}
+    \item \verb+!command+ runs a shell command and returns its output
+    \item \verb+files = !ls+ sets
+      \verb+files+ to all result of the \verb+ls+ command
+    \item \verb+!ls $files+ passes the \verb+files+ variable to the
+      shell command
+  \end{itemize}
+    \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{More IPython features \ldots}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item \verb+%bookmark+: store a bookmarked location, for use with \verb+%cd+
+  \item \verb+%save [options] filename n1-n2 n3-n4+: save lines to a
+    file
+  \item Can define and use profiles to setup IPython differently:
+    \verb+math, scipy, numeric, pysh+ etc.
+  \item \verb+%magic+: \alert{Show help on all magics}
+  \item Check out the \verb+%macro+ magic
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+  \frametitle{Problem set 2}
+  \begin{itemize}
+    \item Compare your linspace with that of numpy for 1 million
+        elements in terms of speed.
+\end{itemize}
+\inctime{10}
+\end{frame}
+
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+    \frametitle{Debugging effectively}
+
+    \begin{itemize}
+        \item  \kwrd{print} based strategy
+        \item Process: Hypothesis, test, refine, rinse-repeat
+        \item Using \typ{\%debug} and \typ{\%pdb} in IPython
+    \end{itemize}
+
+    \inctime{10} 
+\end{frame}
+
+\section{Debugging and testing}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+    \frametitle{Testing code with \typ{nosetests}}
+   
+    \begin{itemize}
+        \item Writing tests is really simple!
+
+        \item Using nose
+
+        \item Example!
+    \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+    \frametitle{Nosetest}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+def gcd(a, b):
+    """Returns gcd of a and b, 
+     handles only positive numbers."""
+    if a%b == 0: return b
+    return gcd(b, a%b)
+def lcm(a, b):
+    return a*b/gcd(a, b)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import nose
+    nose.main()
+\end{lstlisting}
+
+    \inctime{10} 
+\end{frame}
+
+\section{NumPy and SciPy}
+
+\begin{frame}
+    {More Numpy}
+
+    \begin{itemize}
+        \item Multi-dimensional arrays
+        \item Random number generation
+    \end{itemize}
+
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Multi-dimensional arrays}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+>>> a = array([[ 0, 1, 2, 3],
+...            [10,11,12,13]])
+>>> a.shape # (rows, columns)
+(2, 4)
+# Accessing and setting values
+>>> a[1,3] 
+13
+>>> a[1,3] = -1
+>>> a[1] # The second row
+array([10,11,12,-1])
+
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Slicing arrays}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+>>> a = array([[1,2,3], [4,5,6], 
+               [7,8,9]])
+>>> a[0,1:3]
+array([2, 3])
+>>> a[1:,1:]
+array([[5, 6],
+       [8, 9]])
+>>> a[:,2]
+array([3, 6, 9])
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Striding arrays}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+>>> a[0::2,0::2]
+array([[1, 3],
+       [7, 9]])
+# Slices are references to the 
+# same memory!
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Array creation functions}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item \typ{array(object, dtype=None, \ldots)}
+  \item \typ{arange(start, stop=None, step=1 \ldots)}
+  \item \typ{linspace(start, stop, num=50, \ldots)}
+  \item \typ{ones(shape, dtype=None, \ldots)}
+  \item \typ{zeros(shape, dtype=float,\ldots)}
+  \item \typ{identity(n)}
+  \item \typ{empty(shape, dtype=float,\ldots)}
+  \item \typ{ones\_like(x)}, 
+  \item \typ{zeros\_like(x)}, \typ{empty\_like(x)}
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Array math}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item Basic \alert{elementwise} math (given two arrays \typ{a, b}):
+      \typ{+, -, *, /, \%}
+  \item Inplace operators: \typ{a += b}, or \typ{add(a, b,
+      a)} etc.
+  \item Logical operations: \typ{equal (==)}, \typ{not\_equal (!=)},
+    \typ{less (<)}, \typ{greater (>)} etc.
+  \item Trig and other functions: \typ{sin(x), arcsin(x), sinh(x),
+      exp(x), sqrt(x)} etc.
+  \item \typ{sum(x, axis=0), product(x, axis=0)} 
+  \item \typ{dot(a, b)}
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Advanced}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item Only scratched the surface of \num
+  \item Ufunc methods: \typ{reduce, accumulate, outer, reduceat}
+  \item Typecasting
+  \item More functions: \typ{take, choose, where, compress,
+      concatenate}
+  \item Array broadcasting and \typ{None}
+  \end{itemize}
+  \inctime{15}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+    {Intro to SciPy}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item \url{http://www.scipy.org}
+  \item Open source scientific libraries for Python
+  \item Based on NumPy
+    \end{itemize}
+
+    \inctime{25}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+  \frametitle{SciPy}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item Provides:
+    \begin{itemize}
+    \item Linear algebra
+    \item Numerical integration
+    \item Fourier transforms
+    \item Signal processing
+    \item Special functions
+    \item Statistics
+    \item Optimization
+    \item Image processing
+    \item ODE solvers
+    \end{itemize}
+  \item Uses LAPACK, QUADPACK, ODEPACK, FFTPACK etc. from netlib
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+
+\section{3D Plotting}
+
+\begin{frame}
+  \frametitle{Introduction to Mayavi}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item Most scientists not interested in details of visualization
+  \item Visualization of data files with a nice UI
+  \item Interactive visualization of data (think Matlab)
+  \item Embedding visualizations in applications
+  \item Customization
+  \end{itemize}
+  \pause
+  \begin{block}{The Goal}
+      Provide a \alert{flexible} library/app for every one of these needs!
+  \end{block}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+    \frametitle{\typ{mlab}}
+  \begin{columns}
+    \column{0.62\textwidth}
+    \hspace*{-0.45in}
+      \footnotesize
+\begin{lstlisting}
+from enthought.mayavi import mlab
+from numpy import ogrid, sin
+
+x, y, z = ogrid[-10:10:100j, 
+                -10:10:100j, 
+                -10:10:100j]
+
+mlab.contour3d(sin(x*y*z)/(x*y*z))
+mlab.show()
+\end{lstlisting}
+    \column{0.4\textwidth}
+    \hspace*{-0.1\linewidth}
+    \includegraphics[width=1.18\linewidth]{data/mlab.png}
+  \end{columns}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+    {A Look at the docs }
+
+    \inctime{20}
+\end{frame}
+
+
+\section{Integration demo: Lorenz equations}
+
+\begin{frame}
+    \frametitle{Lorenz equation example}
+    \begin{eqnarray*}
+        \frac{d x}{dt} &=& s (y-x)\\
+        \frac{d y}{d t} &=& rx -y -xz\\
+        \frac{d z}{d t} &=& xy - bz\\
+    \end{eqnarray*}
+    \begin{itemize}
+        \item Specifies the evolution of the system
+        \item Think: Velocity of a particle in 3D
+        \item Lets trace its path
+    \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+    {Interactive exploration}
+
+    \inctime{25}
+\end{frame}
+
+
+\end{document}
+
+- Numpy arrays (30 mins)
+    - Matrices
+    - random number generation.
+    - Image manipulation: jigsaw puzzle.
+    - Monte-carlo integration.
+
+
+
+
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{More on functions}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item Support default and keyword arguments
+  \item Scope of variables in the function is local
+  \item Mutable items are \alert{passed by reference}
+  \item First line after definition may be a documentation string
+    (\alert{recommended!})
+  \item Function definition and execution defines a name bound to the
+    function
+  \item You \emph{can} assign a variable to a function!
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Functions: default arguments}
+  \begin{lstlisting}
+def ask_ok(prompt, retries=4, complaint='Yes or no!'):
+    while True:
+        ok = raw_input(prompt)
+        if ok in ('y', 'ye', 'yes'): 
+            return True
+        if ok in ('n', 'no', 'nop', 'nope'): 
+            return False
+        retries = retries - 1
+        if retries < 0: 
+            raise IOError, 'bad user'
+        print complaint
+  \end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Functions: keyword arguments}
+  \begin{lstlisting}
+def parrot(voltage, state='a stiff', 
+           action='voom', type='Norwegian Blue'):
+    print "-- This parrot wouldn't", action,
+    print "if you put", voltage, "Volts through it."
+    print "-- Lovely plumage, the", type
+    print "-- It's", state, "!"
+
+parrot(1000)
+parrot(action = 'VOOOOOM', voltage = 1000000)
+parrot('a thousand', state = 'pushing up the daisies')
+parrot('a million', 'bereft of life', 'jump')
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Functions: arbitrary argument lists}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item Arbitrary number of arguments using \verb+*args+ or
+    \verb+*whatever+
+  \item Keyword arguments using \verb+**kw+
+  \item Given a tuple/dict how do you call a function?
+    \begin{itemize}
+    \item Using argument unpacking
+    \item For positional arguments: \verb+foo(*[5, 10])+
+    \item For keyword args: \verb+foo(**{'a':5, 'b':10})+
+    \end{itemize}
+  \end{itemize}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+def foo(a=10, b=100):
+    print a, b
+def func(*args, **keyword):
+    print args, keyword
+# Unpacking:
+args = [5, 10]
+foo(*args)
+kw = {'a':5, 'b':10}
+foo(**kw)
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\subsection{Modules, exceptions, classes}
+
+\begin{frame}
+  \frametitle{Modules}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item Define variables, functions and classes in a file with a
+    \typ{.py} extension
+  \item This file becomes a module!
+  \item Modules are searched in the following:
+    \begin{itemize}
+    \item Current directory
+    \item Standard: \typ{/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/} etc.
+    \item Directories specified in PYTHONPATH
+    \item \typ{sys.path}: current path settings (from the \typ{sys}
+      module)
+    \end{itemize}
+  \item The \typ{import} keyword ``loads'' a module
+  \item One can also use:
+    \mbox{\typ{from module import name1, name2, name2}}\\
+    where \typ{name1} etc. are names in the module, ``module''
+  \item \typ{from module import *} \ --- imports everything from module,
+    \alert{use only in interactive mode}
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Modules: example}
+  \begin{lstlisting}
+# --- foo.py ---
+some_var = 1
+def fib(n): # write Fibonacci series up to n
+    """Print a Fibonacci series up to n."""
+    a, b = 0, 1
+    while b < n:
+        print b,
+        a, b = b, a+b
+# EOF
+
+>>> import foo
+>>> foo.fib(10)
+1 1 2 3 5 8 
+>>> foo.some_var
+1
+  \end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Namespaces}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item A mapping from names to objects
+  \item Modules introduce a namespace 
+  \item So do classes
+  \item The running script's namespace is \verb+__main__+
+  \item A modules namespace is identified by its name
+  \item The standard functions (like \typ{len}) are in the
+    \verb+__builtin__+ namespace
+  \item Namespaces help organize different names and their bindings to
+    different objects
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+  \frametitle{Exceptions}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item Python's way of notifying you of errors
+  \item Several standard exceptions: \typ{SyntaxError}, \typ{IOError}
+    etc.
+  \item Users can also \typ{raise} errors
+  \item Users can create their own exceptions
+  \item Exceptions can be ``caught'' via \typ{try/except} blocks
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Exception: examples}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+>>> 10 * (1/0)
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
+ZeroDivisionError: integer division or modulo by zero
+>>> 4 + spam*3
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
+NameError: name 'spam' is not defined
+>>> '2' + 2
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
+TypeError: cannot concatenate 'str' and 'int' objects
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Exception: examples}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+>>> while True:
+...     try:
+...         x = int(raw_input("Enter a number: "))
+...         break
+...     except ValueError:
+...         print "Invalid number, try again..."
+...
+>>> # To raise exceptions
+... raise ValueError, "your error message"
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+  File "<stdin>", line 2, in ?
+ValueError: your error message
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Classes: the big picture}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item Lets you create new data types
+  \item Class is a template for an object belonging to that class
+  \item Note: in Python a class is also an object
+  \item Instantiating a class creates an instance (an object)
+  \item An instance encapsulates the state (data) and behavior
+    (methods)
+  \item Allows you to define an inheritance hierarchy
+    \begin{itemize}
+    \item ``A Honda car \alert{is a} car.''
+    \item ``A car \alert{is an} automobile.''
+    \item ``A Python \alert{is a} reptile.''
+    \end{itemize}
+  \item Programmers need to think OO
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Classes: what's the big deal?}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item Lets you create objects that mimic a real problem being
+    simulated
+  \item Makes problem solving more natural and elegant
+  \item Easier to create code
+  \item Allows for code-reuse
+  \item Polymorphism
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Class definition and instantiation}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item Class definitions when executed create class objects
+  \item Instantiating the class object creates an instance of the
+    class
+  \end{itemize}
+\footnotesize
+\begin{lstlisting}
+class Foo(object):
+    pass
+# class object created.
+# Create an instance of Foo.
+f = Foo()
+# Can assign an attribute to the instance
+f.a = 100
+print f.a
+100
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Classes \ldots}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item All attributes are accessed via the \typ{object.attribute}
+    syntax
+  \item Both class and instance attributes are supported
+  \item \emph{Methods} represent the behavior of an object: crudely
+    think of them as functions ``belonging'' to the object
+  \item All methods in Python are ``virtual''
+  \item Inheritance through subclassing
+  \item Multiple inheritance is supported
+  \item No special public and private attributes: only good
+    conventions
+    \begin{itemize}
+    \item \verb+object.public()+: public
+    \item \verb+object._private()+ \& \verb+object.__priv()+: 
+      non-public
+    \end{itemize}
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Classes: examples}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+class MyClass(object):
+    """Example class (this is the class docstring)."""
+    i = 12345 # A class attribute
+    def f(self):
+        """This is the method docstring"""
+        return 'hello world'
+
+>>> a = MyClass() # creates an instance
+>>> a.f()
+'hello world'
+>>> # a.f() is equivalent to MyClass.f(a)
+... # This also explains why f has a 'self' argument.
+... MyClass.f(a)
+'hello world'
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Classes (continued)}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item \typ{self} is \alert{conventionally} the first argument for a
+    method
+  \item In previous example, \typ{a.f} is a method object
+  \item When \typ{a.f} is called, it is passed the instance \typ{a} as
+    the first argument
+  \item If a method called \verb+__init__+ exists, it is called when
+    the object is created
+  \item If a method called \verb+__del__+ exists, it is called before
+    the object is garbage collected
+  \item Instance attributes are set by simply ``setting'' them in
+    \typ{self}
+  \item Other special methods (by convention) like \verb+__add__+ let
+    you define numeric types:
+    {\footnotesize \url{http://docs.python.org/ref/specialnames.html}
+      \\ \url{http://docs.python.org/ref/numeric-types.html}
+    }
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Classes: examples}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+class Bag(MyClass): # Shows how to derive classes
+    def __init__(self): # called on object creation.
+        self.data = [] # an instance attribute
+    def add(self, x):
+        self.data.append(x)
+    def addtwice(self, x):
+        self.add(x)
+        self.add(x)
+>>> a = Bag()
+>>> a.f() # Inherited method
+'hello world'
+>>> a.add(1); a.addtwice(2)
+>>> a.data
+[1, 2, 2]
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Derived classes}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item Call the parent's \verb+__init__+ if needed
+  \item If you don't need a new constructor, no need to define it in subclass
+  \item Can also use the \verb+super+ built-in function
+  \end{itemize}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+class AnotherBag(Bag):
+    def __init__(self):
+        # Must call parent's __init__ explicitly
+        Bag.__init__(self)
+        # Alternatively use this:
+        super(AnotherBag, self).__init__()
+        # Now setup any more data.
+        self.more_data = []
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Classes: polymorphism}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+class Drawable(object):
+    def draw(self):
+        # Just a specification.
+        pass
+\end{lstlisting}
+\mode<presentation>{\pause}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+class Square(Drawable):
+    def draw(self):
+        # draw a square.
+class Circle(Drawable):
+    def draw(self):
+        # draw a circle.
+\end{lstlisting}
+\mode<presentation>{\pause}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+class Artist(Drawable):
+    def draw(self):
+        for obj in self.drawables:
+            obj.draw()
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\subsection{Miscellaneous}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Stand-alone scripts}
+Consider a file \typ{f.py}:
+\begin{lstlisting}
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Module level documentation."""
+# First line tells the shell that it should use Python
+# to interpret the code in the file.
+def f():
+    print "f"
+
+# Check if we are running standalone or as module.
+# When imported, __name__ will not be '__main__'
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # This is not executed when f.py is imported.
+    f() 
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{List comprehensions}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+>>> veg = ['tomato', 'cabbage', 'carrot', 'potato']
+>>> [x.upper() for x in veg]
+['TOMATO', 'CABBAGE', 'CARROT', 'POTATO']
+>>> vec = range(0, 8)
+>>> even = [x for x in vec if x%2 == 0]
+>>> even
+[0, 2, 4, 6]
+>>> [x*x for x in even]
+[0, 4, 16, 36]
+>>> odd = [x for x in vec if x%2 == 1]
+>>> odd
+[1, 3, 5, 7]
+>>> [x*y for x in even for y in odd]
+[0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 6, 10, 14, 4, 12, 20, 28, 6, 18,30,42]
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{File handling}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+>>> # Reading files:
+... f = open('/path/to/file_name')
+>>> data = f.read() # Read entire file.
+>>> line = f.readline() # Read one line.
+>>> # Read entire file appending each line into a list
+... lines = f.readlines()
+>>> f.close() # close the file.
+>>> # Writing files:
+... f = open('/path/to/file_name', 'w')
+>>> f.write('hello world\n')
+\end{lstlisting}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item \typ{tell()}: returns int of current position
+  \item \typ{seek(pos)}: moves current position to specified byte
+  \item Call \typ{close()} when done using a file
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Math}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item \typ{math} module provides basic math routines for
+    floats
+  \item \typ{cmath} module provides math routies for complex
+    numbers
+  \item \typ{random}: provides pseudo-random number generators
+    for various distributions
+  \item These are always available and part of the standard library
+  \item More serious math is provided by the NumPy/SciPy modules --
+    these are not standard and need to be installed separately
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Timing and profiling}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item Timing code: use the \typ{time} module
+  \item Read up on \typ{time.time()} and \typ{time.clock()}
+  \item \typ{timeit}: is a better way of doing timing
+  \item IPython has handy \typ{time} and \typ{timeit} macros (type
+    \typ{timeit?} for help)
+  \item IPython lets you debug and profile code via the \typ{run}
+    macro (type \typ{run?} on the prompt to learn more)
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Odds and ends}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item \typ{dir([object])} function: attributes of given object
+  \item \typ{type(object)}: returns type information
+  \item \typ{str(), repr()}: convert object to string representation
+  \item \typ{isinstance, issubclass}
+  \item \typ{assert} statements let you do debugging assertions in
+    code
+  \item \typ{csv} module: reading and writing CSV files
+  \item \typ{pickle}: lets you save and load Python objects
+    (\alert{serialization})
+  \item \typ{sys.argv}: command line arguments
+  \item \typ{os.path}: common path manipulations
+  \item Check out the Python Library reference:
+    \url{http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html}
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Test driven development (TDD)}
+  \begin{itemize}
+      \item Why?
+          \begin{itemize}
+
+            \item Forces you to write reusable code!
+
+            \item Think about the API
+
+            \item More robust
+
+            \item Makes refactoring very easy
+
+          \end{itemize}
+      \item How?  Python offers three major ways of doing this
+          \begin{itemize}
+              \item doctest
+              \item unittest
+              \item nosetest (and similar like py.test)
+          \end{itemize}
+
+      \item Test every piece of functionality you offer
+
+      \item This isn't a formal introduction but more a practical one
+
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Unit test}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+import unittest
+
+class MyTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        # Called *before* each test_* 
+    def tearDown(self):
+        # Called *after* each test_* 
+    def test_something(self):
+        "docstring"
+        #  Test code.
+        self.assertEqual(x, y)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, func, arg1, arg2 ...)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main() 
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+    \frametitle{Nosetest}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+import particle
+def test_particle():
+    # Use asserts here.
+    p = particle.Particle(1.0)
+    assert p.property[0] == 1.0
+    assert p.property[2] == 0.0
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import nose
+    nose.main()
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Testing}
+  \begin{itemize}
+      \item More details: see library reference and search for nosetest
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\section{Numerics \& Plotting}
+
+\subsection{NumPy Arrays}
+
+\subsection{Plotting: Matplotlib}
+
+\begin{frame}
+  \frametitle{About \texttt{matplotlib}}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item Easy to use, scriptable, ``Matlab-like'' 2D plotting
+  \item Publication quality figures and interactive capabilities
+  \item Plots, histograms, power spectra, bar charts, errorcharts,
+    scatterplots, etc.
+  \item Also does polar plots, maps, contours
+  \item Support for simple \TeX\ markup
+  \item Multiple output backends (images, EPS, SVG, wx, Agg, Tk, GTK)
+  \item Cross-platform: Linux, Win32, Mac OS X
+  \item Good idea to use via IPython:  \typ{ipython -pylab}
+  \item From scripts use: \typ{import pylab}
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+  \frametitle{More information}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item More information here: \url{http://matplotlib.sf.net}
+  \item \url{http://matplotlib.sf.net/tutorial.html}
+  \item \url{http://matplotlib.sf.net/screenshots.html}
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Basic plotting with \texttt{matplotlib}}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+>>> x = arange(0, 2*pi, 0.05)
+>>> plot(x, sin(x)) # Same as plot(x, sin(x), 'b-') 
+>>> plot(x, sin(x), 'ro')
+>>> axis([0,2*pi, -1,1])
+>>> xlabel(r'$\chi$', color='g')
+>>> ylabel(r'sin($\chi$)', color='r')
+>>> title('A simple figure', fontsize=20)
+>>> savefig('/tmp/test.eps')
+# Multiple plots in one figure
+>>> t = arange(0.0, 5.2, 0.2)
+# red dashes, blue squares and green triangles
+>>> plot(t, t, 'r--', t, t**2, 'bs', t, t**3, 'g^')
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Basic plotting \ldots}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+# Set properties of objects:
+>>> plot(x, sin(x), linewidth=2.0, color='r')
+>>> l, = plot(x, sin(x))
+>>> setp(l, linewidth=2.0, color='r')
+>>> l.set_linewidth(2.0); l.set_color('r')
+>>> draw() # Redraws current figure.
+>>> setp(l) # Prints available properties
+>>> close() # Closes the figure.
+# Multiple figures:
+>>> figure(1); plot(x, sin(x))
+>>> figure(2); plot(x, tanh(x))
+>>> figure(1); title('Easy as 1,2,3')
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Basic plotting \ldots}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+>>> figure(1)
+>>> subplot(211) # Same as subplot(2, 1, 1)
+>>> plot(x, cos(5*x)*exp(-x))
+>>> subplot(2, 1, 2)
+>>> plot(x, cos(5*x), 'r--', label='cosine')
+>>> plot(x, sin(5*x), 'g--', label='sine')
+>>> legend() # Or legend(['cosine', 'sine'])
+>>> text(1,0, '(1,0)')
+>>> axes = gca() # Current axis
+>>> fig = gcf() # Current figure
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+
+\subsection{SciPy}
+
+\begin{frame}
+  \frametitle{Using \texttt{SciPy}}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item SciPy is Open Source software for mathematics, science, and
+    engineering
+  \item \typ{import scipy}
+  \item Built on NumPy
+  \item Provides modules for statistics, optimization, integration,
+    linear algebra, Fourier transforms, signal and image processing,
+    genetic algorithms, ODE solvers, special functions, and more
+  \item Used widely by scientists world over
+  \item Details are beyond the scope of this tutorial
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\section{Standard library}
+
+\subsection{Quick Tour}
+
+\begin{frame}
+  \frametitle{Standard library}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item Very powerful
+  \item ``Batteries included''
+  \item Example standard modules taken from the tutorial
+    \begin{itemize}
+    \item Operating system interface: \typ{os}
+    \item System, Command line arguments: \typ{sys}
+    \item Regular expressions: \typ{re}
+    \item Math: \typ{math}, \typ{random}
+    \item Internet access: \typ{urllib2}, \typ{smtplib}
+    \item Data compression: \typ{zlib}, \typ{gzip}, \typ{bz2},
+      \typ{zipfile}, and \typ{tarfile}
+    \item Unit testing: \typ{doctest} and \typ{unittest}
+    \item And a whole lot more!
+    \end{itemize}
+  \item Check out the Python Library reference:
+    \url{http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html}
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Stdlib: examples}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+>>> import os
+>>> os.system('date')
+Fri Jun 10 22:13:09 IST 2005
+0
+>>> os.getcwd()
+'/home/prabhu'
+>>> os.chdir('/tmp')
+>>> import os
+>>> dir(os)
+<returns a list of all module functions>
+>>> help(os)
+<extensive manual page from module's docstrings>
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Stdlib: examples}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+>>> import sys
+>>> # Print the list of command line args to Python
+... print sys.argv 
+['']
+>>> import re # Regular expressions
+>>> re.findall(r'\bf[a-z]*', 
+... 'which foot or hand fell fastest')
+['foot', 'fell', 'fastest']
+>>> re.sub(r'(\b[a-z]+) \1', r'\1', 
+... 'cat in the the hat')
+'cat in the hat'
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Stdlib: examples}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+>>> import math
+>>> math.cos(math.pi / 4.0)
+0.70710678118654757
+>>> math.log(1024, 2)
+10.0
+>>> import random
+>>> random.choice(['apple', 'pear', 'banana'])
+'pear'
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Stdlib: examples}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+>>> import urllib2
+>>> f = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.python.org/')
+>>> print f.read(100)
+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
+<?xml-stylesheet href="./css/ht2html
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Stdlib: examples}
+\begin{lstlisting}
+>>> import zlib
+>>> s = 'witch which has which witches wrist watch'
+>>> len(s)
+41
+>>> t = zlib.compress(s)
+>>> len(t)
+37
+>>> zlib.decompress(t)
+'witch which has which witches wrist watch'
+>>> zlib.crc32(t)
+-1438085031
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+  \frametitle{Summary}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item Introduced Python
+  \item Basic syntax
+  \item Basic types and data structures
+  \item Control flow
+  \item Functions
+  \item Modules
+  \item Exceptions
+  \item Classes
+  \item Standard library
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\end{document}
+
+\subsection{Basic data structures}
+\begin{frame}{Lists}
+  \begin{itemize}
+    \item \texttt{species = [ 'humans', 'orcs', 'elves', 'dwarves' ]}
+    \item \texttt{ ids = [ 107, 109, 124, 141, 142, 144 ]}
+    \item \texttt{ oneliners = [ 'I will be back', 'Do or do not! No try!!', 42 ] }
+  \end{itemize}
+
+  \begin{block}{List operations}
+    ids + [ 100, 102 ]\\
+    species.append( 'unicorns')\\
+    print oneliners[ 1 ]\\
+    look up \alert{docs.python.org/tutorial/datastructures.html}
+  \end{block}
+\end{frame}
+\end{document}
+\section{Python Tutorial}
+\subsection{Preliminaries}
+\begin{frame}
+  \frametitle{Using the interpreter}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item Starting up: \typ{python} or \typ{ipython}
+  \item Quitting: \typ{Control-D} or \typ{Control-Z} (on Win32)
+  \item Can use it like a calculator
+  \item Can execute one-liners via the \typ{-c} option:
+    \typ{python -c "print 'hello world'"}
+  \item Other options via \typ{python -h}
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+  \frametitle{IPython}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item Recommended interpreter, IPython:
+    \url{http://ipython.scipy.org}
+  \item Better than the default Python shell
+  \item Supports tab completion by default
+  \item Easier object introspection
+  \item Shell access!
+  \item Command system to allow extending its own behavior
+  \item Supports history (across sessions) and logging
+  \item Can be embedded in your own Python code
+  \item Support for macros
+  \item A flexible framework for your own custom interpreter
+  \item Other miscellaneous conveniences
+  \item We'll get back to this later
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Basic IPython features}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item Startup: \verb+ipython [options] files+
+    \begin{itemize}
+    \item \verb+ipython [-wthread|-gthread|-qthread]+:
+      Threading modes to support wxPython, pyGTK and Qt
+    \item \verb+ipython -pylab+: Support for matplotlib
+    \end{itemize}
+  \item TAB completion:
+    \begin{itemize}
+    \item Type \verb+object_name.<TAB>+ to see list of options
+    \item Also completes on file and directory names
+    \end{itemize}
+  \item \verb+object?+ shows docstring/help for any Python object
+  \item \verb+object??+ presents more docs (and source if possible)
+  \item Debugging with \verb+%pdb+ magic: pops up pdb on errors
+  \item Access history (saved over earlier sessions also)
+    \begin{itemize}
+    \item Use \texttt{<UpArrow>}: move up history
+    \item Use \texttt{<Ctrl-r> string}: search history backwards
+    \item Use \texttt{Esc >}: get back to end of history
+    \end{itemize}
+  \item \verb+%run [options] file[.py]+ lets you run Python code
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+% LocalWords:  BDFL Guido Rossum PSF Nokia OO Zope CMS RedHat SciPy MayaVi spam
+% LocalWords:  IPython ipython stdin TypeError dict int elif PYTHONPATH IOError
+% LocalWords:  namespace Namespaces SyntaxError ZeroDivisionError NameError str
+% LocalWords:  ValueError subclassed def
+
+
+  \item Types are of two kinds: \alert{mutable} and \alert{immutable}
+  \item Immutable types: numbers, strings, \typ{None} and tuples
+  \item Immutables cannot be changed ``in-place''
+  \item Mutable types: lists, dictionaries, instances, etc.
+  \item Mutable objects can be ``changed''
+  \end{itemize}
+
+
+\begin{frame}
+  \frametitle{Important!}
+  \begin{itemize}
+    \item Assignment to an object is by reference
+    \item Essentially, \alert{names are bound to objects}
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+
+\end{document}
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Dictionaries}
+  \begin{itemize}
+  \item Associative arrays/mappings
+  \item Indexed by ``keys'' (keys must be immutable)
+  \item \typ{dict[key] = value}
+  \item \typ{keys()} returns all keys of the dict
+  \item \typ{values()} returns the values of the dict
+  \item \verb+has_key(key)+ returns if \typ{key} is in the dict
+  \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{Dictionaries: example}
+  \begin{lstlisting}
+>>> tel = {'jack': 4098, 'sape': 4139}
+>>> tel['guido'] = 4127
+>>> tel
+{'sape': 4139, 'guido': 4127, 'jack': 4098}
+>>> tel['jack']
+4098
+>>> del tel['sape']
+>>> tel['irv'] = 4127
+>>> tel
+{'guido': 4127, 'irv': 4127, 'jack': 4098}
+>>> tel.keys()
+['guido', 'irv', 'jack']
+>>> tel.has_key('guido')
+True
+  \end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\subsection{Control flow, functions}
+
+
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{\typ{If} example}
+  \begin{lstlisting}
+>>> a = ['cat', 'window', 'defenestrate']
+>>> if 'cat' in a:
+...    print "meaw"
+...
+meaw
+>>> pets = {'cat': 1, 'dog':2, 'croc': 10}
+>>> if 'croc' in pets:
+...    print pets['croc']
+...
+10
+  \end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}[fragile]
+  \frametitle{\typ{for} example}
+  \begin{lstlisting}
+>>> a = ['cat', 'window', 'defenestrate']
+>>> for x in a:
+...     print x, len(x)
+...
+cat 3
+window 6
+defenestrate 12
+>>> knights = {'gallahad': 'the pure', 
+... 'robin': 'the brave'}
+>>> for k, v in knights.iteritems():
+...     print k, v
+...
+gallahad the pure
+robin the brave
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{frame}




