NumPy Cookbook
Second Edition
Over 90 fascinating recipes to learn and perform
mathematical, scientic, and engineering Python
computations with NumPy
Ivan Idris
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
NumPy Cookbook
Second Edition
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Author
Ivan Idris
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About the Author
Ivan Idris has an MSc in experimental physics. His graduation thesis had a strong emphasis
on applied computer science. After graduating, he worked for several companies as a Java
developer, data warehouse developer, and QA analyst. His main professional interests are
business intelligence, big data, and cloud computing. Ivan enjoys writing clean, testable
code and interesting technical articles. He is the author of NumPy Beginner's Guide, NumPy
Cookbook, Python Data Analysis, and Learning NumPy, all by Packt Publishing. You can nd
more information about him and a few NumPy examples at http://ivanidris.net/
wordpress/.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the reviewers and the team at
Packt Publishing for making this book possible. Also, thanks to my teachers,
professors, and colleagues who taught me about science and programming.
Last but not least, I would like to acknowledge my parents, family, and
friends for their support.
