About the Book
This book on Linear Algebra with Python is designed to help students of Information Technology and Computer Science of science and engineering streams.
The book contains introduction to all topics of the syllabus, taking small steps from the basics to more involved and varied topics. The author has mixed tutorials, guide, Q&A, cookbook, MCQ and learning objectives to explain new terms and ideas. He has also taken care that not too many new concepts are introduced at once.
In our examination system, often definitions of basic terms are asked. Most exam-oriented definitions have been given in bold letters. Many topics where students are expected to answer point wise, explanations have been given with bullets.
Theoretical concept of Linear Algebra with Python has been elaborated with a view that subject is going to grow for next 10 to 12 years to come. . A sincere attempt has been made to cover graduate Information Technology and Computer Science syllabus effective 2022-2023, a compulsory subject.
This book is for students, teachers, and professionals for the subject of Linear Algebra with Python. The book does require previous knowledge of computing language Python and some mathematical skills are essential, specially matrices.
The book has been divided in to three syllabus units consisting of ten chapters including one on practical as given in the syllabus. This will help students to prepare for examinations.
About the Author
Dr. Ashwin I. Mehta is M.Sc. from University of Mumbai and Ph.D. from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in the Nuclear Physics Division (BARC) under the guidance of late Dr. N. Satyamurthy and Dr. K. Usha Dennis. His earliest encounter with computers was writing programs in FORTRAN with BESM-6 mainframe machine and later PDP-11. Subsequently he joined Halliburton and was involved in various technologies of data acquisition, storing and interpretation of oil field data. At Halliburton, he worked in Kuwait, Italy, United States of America, Indonesia, The Netherlands and many other countries across the globe. He has several research papers to his credit in national and international journals. After leaving behind a hectic lifestyle of the oil field, he entered Information Technology (I.T.) academics. Since then, his interests include programming languages, web technologies, data analysis(specially using numpy and pandas) and Python. He has 20+ years of experience in teaching that includes corporate training in Halliburton as well as in different academic institutions. He has authored a number of books including “Data Warehousing for Beginners”, “Web Technologics” and “Advanced Java” published by Shroff Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd. and “Python Programming” published by Himalaya Publications. Dr. Mehta can be contacted at mehtaashwin2007@ yahoo.com for your valuable comments and suggestions.
