AMATH 301 Quiz 1

Intro to Scientific Computing; Python basics: calculator, printing, packages, and errors; Python variables; Python comments; Data types, round-off error, and machine precision

code 0

Success

code 1

Error

An example of a variable is…

x = 4

String

Block of code that consists of text

Variable assignment vs Expression

Expressions are evaluated while assignments are assigned

Tolerance Check

|a - b| < Tolerance

Absolute value with numpy

numpy.abs(x)

SyntaxError

The code is structured incorrectly

NameError

A function or name that Python doesn’t know is being used

TypeError

An error related to the types of variables in the code

Round-Off Error

The numerical difference between the answer Python calculates and what the answer should be

Scientific notation of 1.000 in Python

1e-3