Python Semester 1 (2023)

1. Introduction to plotting graphs with Gnuplot

• Plotting 2D graphs:
• User defined functions
• Fitting data files using gnuplot.
• Polar and parametric plots.

2. Introduction to programming in python:

• Introduction to Python
• The python iterables data type
• Problems and applications 
  • Root finding for a single variable
    •  Bisection method
    •  Newton-Raphson Method
  • Sorting of lists (algorithm, flowchart and code)
    • Bubble sort
    • Selection sort
  • ODE in one and two dimensions
    •  Euler algorithm
    •  Capacitor charging/discharging
    •  Simulating a half-wave rectifier with a capacitor filter
    •  Particle dynamics in 1D
  • Matrix operations using list of lists