Sage for Undergraduates: Second Edition, Compatible with Python 3

Sage is an open-source and free alternative to expensive software like MapleTM, MathematicaR, and MATLABR, offering anyone with a web browser the ability to use cutting-edge mathematical software and share the results with others. This book is a gentle introduction to Sage for undergraduate students during Calculus II, Multivariate Calculus, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Math Modeling, or Operations Research. It assumes no background in programming but covers 60% of a first-semester computer science course, including Python programming. The book is ideal for self-study and includes challenges to test progress.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 481 pages
Publication date: 01 August 2022
Publisher: American Mathematical Society

Sage is an open-source and free alternative to expensive software like MapleTM,MathematicaR,and MATLABR,offering anyone with a web browser the ability to use cutting-edge mathematical software and share the results with others, often with stunning graphics. This book is a gentle introduction to Sage for undergraduate students during Calculus II, Multivariate Calculus, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Math Modeling, or Operations Research.

This book assumes no background in programming, but the reader who finishes the book will have learned about 60 percent of a first-semester computer science course, including much of the Python programming language. The audience is not only math majors but also physics, engineering, environmental science, finance, chemistry, economics, data science, and computer science majors. Many of the book's examples are drawn from those fields. Filled with challenges for the students to test their progress, the book is also ideal for self-study.

What's New in the Second Edition: In 2019, Sage transitioned from Python 2 to Python 3, which changed the syntax in several significant ways, including for the print command. All the examples in this book have been rewritten to be compatible with Python 3. Moreover, every code block longer than four lines has been placed in an archive on the book's website http://www.sage-for-undergraduates.org that is maintained by the author, so that the students won't have to retype the code! Other additions include: The number of challenges for the students to test their own progress in learning Sage has roughly doubled, which will be a great boon for self-study. There's approximately 150 pages of new content, including: New projects on Leontief Input-Output Analysis and on Environmental Science New sections about Comp.

Weight: 872g
Dimension: 253 x 184 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781470461553