Scientific Python and Julia tutorials

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Tool Python Intermediate 35 min

Zernike polynomials in NumPy: a telescope's wavefront and Strehl ratio

Afterwards you can fit a measured wavefront with Zernike polynomials in NumPy, name its aberrations, and get the Strehl ratio from the point spread function.

Curve fittingInterpolation and approximation Biology, Engineering, Physics

Tool Python Beginner 35 min

curve_fit from the ground up: the Michaelis-Menten constants of an enzyme

Afterwards you can fit any model with scipy.optimize.curve_fit, weight it by your error bars, check that the fit worked, and read errors off the covariance.

Curve fitting Biology, Chemistry