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From: Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Python and Math
Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 15:40:46 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2014-05-18, Bill Cunningham <nospam@nspam.invalid> wrote:

>     Does Python have good mathematical capabilities?

No.

It has very good numerical computation capabilities, but it does not
really do "math" (at least not what a mathemetician would consider
"math").

> I am interested in learning a second language for mathematical
> purposes.

If you want to do calculations on numbers (integral, real, complex,
vectors, matrixes), analyze and visualize data (stuff that was
traditionally done in Fortran), then Python is brilliant.

If you want to do "math" (as in the study of number theory,
topologies, proofs, and so on) then no.  Python is not a good choice.

-- 
Grant