FURTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Academic Year 2024/2025 - Teacher: Roberto GRIMAUDOExpected Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course the students should be able to use the coding languages of both Mathematica and Python to analyse and visualize data. They shoud be further able to autonomously write elementary scripts for numerical analysis and to write a text in LaTex.
Course Structure
Lectures should be followed in classroom in person.
Required Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required.
Attendance of Lessons
To attend the course is commonly required.
Detailed Course Content
Introduction to Mathematica and Python and their basic functions.
Elements of basic coding.
Introduction to LaTex.
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Mathematica | |
| 2 | Introduction to Python | |
| 3 | Itroduction to Latex | |
| 4 | Input-output instructions | |
| 5 | For and while cicles | |
| 6 | If instruction | |
| 7 | Visualization: generate a graphic | |
| 8 | Using functions | |
| 9 | Writing a report with LaTex |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
The exam consists in a discussion about the scripts realized by the students during the course.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
1.
(a) Write a script that calculates the number of seconds, s, given the number of hours, h, according to the formula s = 3600 * h.
(b) Use the script to find the number of seconds in 1.5, 12 and 24 hours.
2.
(a) Write a script that calculates the mass, m, of a sphere given its radius r and mass density ρ according to the formula m=(4π/3) ρ r3
(b) Use the script to find the mass of a sphere of steel of radius r = 1 cm, r = 1 m and r = 10 m.
3.
(a) Write a function that for a point (x,y) returns the angle θ from the x-axis by using the formula θ = arctan(y/x)
(b) Find the angles θ for the points (1,1), (1,-1), (-1,1), (-1,-1).