Index
Adams-Bashforth, three-step, 281
Adams-Bashforth, two-step, 280
Algorithm, 4, 12
Allocate, 48
Argument, 13, 83
keyword, 83
named, 83
ordinary, 83
positional, 83
Array, 20, 47
copy, 50
element, 47
index, 47
numpy, 47
slice of, 51
sorting, 76
array (function), 20, 47, 103
asarray (function), 233
assert statement, 155
assignment, 7
atan, 13
Backward Euler method, 245
Block (of statements), 60
Boolean, 46
expression, 46
False, 46
True, 46
Boundary conditions, 288
Brute force method, 176
bug, 3, 4, 150
C, 2
C++, 2
Calculator, 11
Cell, 159, 290
Class, 295
Closure, 295
Code, 6
commenting, 34
fast, 35
readable, 34
reuse, 113, 139, 159
robust, 184
typesetting, 5
Coding style, 5
Colon, 51, 60, 66
Command history, 40
Comment, 6
Commenting code, 34
Compartment model, 226
Composite midpoint method, 142
Composite trapezoidal rule, 134
Compound statement, 96
interactively, 96
Computational plan, 96
Computational speed (measuring), 123, 148
Computer program, 1
Console, 39
Convergence rate, 152
Crank-Nicolson method, 256, 276
Crash, 33
Curve
multiple, 24
single, 21
Debugger, 33
Debugging, 2, 4, 33
Decimal module, 199
def, 79
Default value, 4, 80
demo function, 220
Difference
absolute, 154
backward, 245
centered, 247
forward, 215, 245
relative, 154
Differential equation, 203
Diffusion equation, 287
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S. Linge, H. P. Langtangen, Programming for Computations - Python,
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