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Learn SymPy

How this course works, what the workbench can do, and the chapter list.

This is a SymPy course for the Swiftener SymPy editor. sp is sympy, np is numpy, plt is matplotlib. Arithmetic belongs in Introduction to Python. Arrays belong in Learn NumPy. This course stays on symbols.

Goal

Finish every chapter by running the copy-paste blocks. The last chapter is a kiosk fee you can reuse.

How to take the course

  1. Keep this tutorial tab and the SymPy workbench side by side.
  2. Wait until SymPy is ready.
  3. Paste each exercise as the whole editor. Always print. After lambdify, call plt.show().

What this editor can and cannot do

  • Can: sympy, numpy, matplotlib, print, expr.txt uploads.
  • Cannot: input(), fetching URLs, or numeric SciPy solvers (use the SciPy course).

Sample files

  • expr.txt — a polynomial to sympify

Chapter list