Tools/Python Tools
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* [http://www.scipy.org/ SciPy] depends on [http://www.numpy.org/ NumPy], used to manipulate numbers, for signal processing, ... | * [http://www.scipy.org/ SciPy] depends on [http://www.numpy.org/ NumPy], used to manipulate numbers, for signal processing, ... | ||
* [http://matplotlib.org/ matplotlib] for 2D plots | * [http://matplotlib.org/ matplotlib] for 2D plots | ||
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The [https://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/ Spyder IDE] provides a MATLAB-like development interface. | The [https://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/ Spyder IDE] provides a MATLAB-like development interface. | ||
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Python can be used to achieve results similar to Octave or Matlab, but with the advantages of a fundamentally object-oriented general-purpose language. Additionally to numerical computation, packages allow to solve linear systems.
Numerical computation with Python mainly bases on the following libraries:
- NumPy for arrays, linear algebra, ...
- SciPy depends on NumPy, used to manipulate numbers, for signal processing, ...
- matplotlib for 2D plots
PyLab integrates these 3 libraries.
The Spyder IDE provides a MATLAB-like development interface. As a simple alternative, IPython provides a web-based GUI and Mathematica-like notebooks.
Installation
Linux
Installation can be done on a package basis, with easy_install or pip.
Install the IDE:
sudo apt-get install spyder
This also installs numPy, sciPy and matplotlib.
Launch Spyder, and in the console type:
t = linspace(0, 10, 100); plot(t, sin(t));
Windows
Download Python(x,y).
This will allow to install Python and other components of your choice.
