Intro.tex

\section{Introduction}

\subsection{The setting}

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\begin{frame}{Who uses...}

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    \item We all use computers to generate or process data
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Question to the audience: who uses...

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\begin{itemize}
    \item C/C++?
    \item Fortran?
    \item Ada?
    \item Java?
    \item Matlab/Octave?
\end{itemize}

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\begin{itemize}
    \item IDL?
    \item Perl?
    \item Ruby?
    \item \alert{Python}?
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\begin{frame}{What is Python?}

Python is/has...

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\begin{itemize}
    \item a scripting language
    \item general purpose
    \item interpreted
    \item easy to learn
    \item clean syntax
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\begin{itemize}
    \item multi-paradigm
    \item open-source
    \item available for all major platforms
    \item great community
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\subsection{The best of all}


\begin{frame}{The best of all:}

\begin{exbox}{Python comes...}
    ... with \alert{batteries included}!
\end{exbox}

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\begin{center}
    Libraries available for...
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\begin{center}
    daily IT needs...
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\begin{itemize}
    \item networks
    \item OS interaction
    \item temporary files
    \item zip files
    \item ...
\end{itemize}

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\begin{center}
    \alert{science!}
\end{center}

\vspace{-2.5ex}

\begin{itemize}
    \item efficient array operations (\emph{NumPy})
    \item general numerical algorithms (\emph{SciPy})
    \item 2D visualization (\emph{matplotlib})
    \item 3D visualization (Mayavi)
    \item special problems (e.g. finite elements with FEniCS, quantum optics with QuTiP)
    \item symbolic math (SageMath, sympy)
    \item ...
\end{itemize}

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