PYTHON PROGRAMMING: A VISUAL JOURNEY FOR THE BEGINNER WITH SIMPLE APPLICATIONS IN MATHEMATICS

Introduction
I The Basics
	1 The First Instructions
		1.1 The Creation
		1.2 The First Small Steps
		1.3 Triangle Recipe
		1.4 Square and Rectangle
		1.5 Drawing with Coordinates
		1.6 Circles and Fillcolors
		1.7 Summary of Chapter 1
		1.8 Exercises
	2 Repetitions and Patterns
		2.1 Two repetitions
		2.2 Three or More Repetitions
		2.3 Angles and Regular Polygons
		2.4 Staircase Up and Staircase Down
		2.5 Experimenting with a For-loop
		2.6 Summary of Chapter 2
		2.7 Exercises
	3 Storing Code in Functions
		3.1 My smile
		3.2 Cogwheel and Squares
		3.3 Varying the Size of Squares
		3.4 Tunnel in 3D
		3.5 Triangle-pattern with Midpoints
		3.6 Summary of Chapter 3
		3.7 Exercises
	4 More Possibilities
		4.1 A Wheel with Triangles
		4.2 Random Angles
		4.3 The Circumscribed Circle of a Triangle
		4.4 Bullseye
		4.5 Distance Alarm
		4.6 Summary of Chapter 4
		4.7 Exercises
	5 Mathematics in Python
		5.1 Add, Subtract, Multiply and Divide
		5.2 Powers and Parentheses
		5.3 Square Root
		5.4 Some Algebra
		5.5 Variables and Rounding
		5.6 A Polite Greeting
		5.7 Calculator Program
		5.8 The Multiplication Master
		5.9 Summary of Chapter 5
		5.10 Exercises
II Applications in Mathematics
	6 Number Patterns
		6.1 Basic Number Patterns
		6.2 A Fast-Growing Monkey Population
		6.3 Sums of Odd Numbers
		6.4 Sum of a Geometric Pattern
		6.5 Number Pattern with Circles
		6.6 The First 100 Natural Numbers
		6.7 Rectangle Pattern
		6.8 Summary of Chapter 6
		6.9 Exercises
	7 Powers and Square Roots
		7.1 Practice Powers of 2
		7.2 Explore Powers of 10
		7.3 Guess the Square Root
		7.4 Rice and Chess
		7.5 Summary of chapter 7
		7.6 Exercises
	8 The Coordinate System
		8.1 The Coordinate System – a Small Overview
		8.2 Explore x-coordinates with Python Turtle
		8.3 Explore y-coordinates with Python Turtle
		8.4 Parallel Lines
		8.5 Summary of Chapter 8
		8.6 Exercises
	9 Functions
		9.1 Kaare on the Café – without a Function
		9.2 Kaare on the Café – with a Function
		9.3 Price per Workout
		9.4 Seats in a Cinema
		9.5 The School Road
		9.6 Deciding the Minimum
		9.7 A Piece of Modern Art
		9.8 Summary of Chapter 9
		9.9 Exercises
	10 Probability
		10.1 Simulation of 100 Births
		10.2 Counting the Girls
		10.3 Two Dice
		10.4 Many Dice
		10.5 Balls in a Box – with Replacement
		10.6 Balls in a Box – without Replacement
		10.7 Two Goats and a Car
		10.8 Shooting Range – Visual Simulation
		10.9 Summary of Chapter 10
		10.10 Exercises
Appendices
	A Løsninger
		A.1 Chapter 1 – The First Instructions
		A.2 Chapter 2 – Repetitions and Patterns
		A.3 Chapter 3 – Storing Code in Functions
		A.4 Chapter 4 – More Possibilities
		A.5 Chapter 5 – Mathematics in Python
		A.6 Chapter 6 – Number Patterns
		A.7 Chapter 7 – Powers and Square Roots
		A.8 Chapter 8 – The Coordinate System
		A.9 Chapter 9 – Functions
		A.10 Chapter 10 – Probability
	B Plotting Graphs in Python with Spyder
	C The Learning Philosophy
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