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Become a Python Data Analyst

You're reading from   Become a Python Data Analyst Perform exploratory data analysis and gain insight into scientific computing using Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789531701
Length 178 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Introduction to SciPy

SciPy is a tool for doing scientific computing in Python. It is a Python-based ecosystem that is an open source software for math, science, and engineering. It contains various toolboxes dedicated to common issues in scientific computing. So, if you work in any scientific or engineering field, you will likely find the tools you need for doing scientific computing within the subpackages of SciPy. The following are the subpackages of SciPy:

  • scipy.io: This package provides a tool for dealing with file input/output
  • scipy.special: This package provides a tool for dealing with special functions
  • scipy.linalg: This package provides a tool for dealing with linear algebra operations
  • scipy.fftpack: This package provides a tool for dealing with fast Fourier transforms
  • scipy.stats: This package provides a tool for dealing with statistics and random numbers
  • scipy.interpolate...
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