Syllabus
Introduction to the Linux operating system.
Basic plotting using gnuplot.
Introduction to the python programming language.
Simple applications of programming to scientific problems.
Prerequisite
None.
References
- Linux tutorial for beginners at http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/
- Gnuplot tutorial at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-gnuplot/
- A. B. Downey, Think Python - How to Think Like a Computer Scientist free e-book available at http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/
- Swaroop C. H., Byte of python free e-book at http://www.swaroopch.org/notes/Python
- M. Lutz, Learning python , O'Reilly (2009)