Tweets about SciPy (Scientific Python) and related topics from @JohnDCook.

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QR decomposition: scipy.linalg.qr
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inspect.getsourcefile(obj) will tell you where obj's source code is, if it's available on your computer.
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Zero-phase filtering: scipy.signal.filtfilt(b, a, x) applies forward/backward filtering to remove phase shift.
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HDF5 for Python h5py.org/

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By convention, the SciPy library is imported as sp and NumPy is imported as np.
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numpy.linalg.cond() estimates the condition number of a matrix. Option of several different norms.
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IIR filter design: scipy.signal.iirfilter(...)
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How to plot a function with matplotlib glowingpython.blogspot.com/2…

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scipy.fftpack.hilbert(x) returns the Hilbert transform of a periodic sequence x.
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Real-input FFT: scipy.fft.rfft(x) returns nonnegative frequencies only; invert with scipy.fft.irfft.
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scipy.optimize.anneal does global optimization by simulated annealing.
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sys.float_info.min is the smallest positive floating point value.
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Matplotlib accepts TeX input everywhere it accepts text (labels, annotations, etc.)
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FFT: prefer scipy.fft.fft / rfft over older scipy.fftpack.* for a cleaner API.
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You can create histograms with matplotlib.pyplot.hist.
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