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Performing scientific experiments
Goal: explore the behavior of a numerical
method for a differential equation and show how scientific experiments
can be set up and reported.
Tasks:
- Write scripts to automate experiments
- Generate scientific reports from scripts
Tools to learn:
-
os.system for running other programs
-
subprocess for running other programs and extracting the output
- List comprehensions
- Formats for scientific reports: HTML w/MathJax, LaTeX, Sphinx, DocOnce
