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SciPy Introduction

SciPy builds on NumPy with algorithms for optimization, statistics, interpolation, sparse matrices, and signal processing.

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What Is SciPy?

Each domain lives in a submodule: scipy.optimize, scipy.stats, scipy.interpolate, scipy.sparse, scipy.signal, scipy.constants.

Chapters in This Section

Chapter	You will learn
Getting Started	Install and import
Constants	Scientific constants
Optimizers	Minimize and curve_fit
Sparse Data	CSR matrices
Interpolation	interp1d and griddata
Statistics	Distributions and tests
Signal	Filters and peaks

What SciPy Adds on Top of NumPy

SciPy builds on NumPy arrays and provides submodules for scientific computing. Import the specific submodule you need.

Submodule	For
`scipy.stats`	Distributions, tests, correlations
`scipy.optimize`	Root finding, curve fitting, minimization
`scipy.interpolate`	Interpolation of data points
`scipy.linalg`	Advanced linear algebra
`scipy.integrate`	Numerical integration, ODEs

Quick Examples

from scipy import stats, optimize

# a t-test between two samples
a = [20, 22, 19, 24, 25]
b = [28, 30, 27, 26, 29]
t, p = stats.ttest_ind(a, b)
print(f"p-value = {p:.4f}")     # small p -> groups differ

# find a root of x^2 - 2 (i.e. sqrt 2)
root = optimize.brentq(lambda x: x**2 - 2, 0, 2)
print(root)                     # 1.4142135...

Try It Yourself

Exercise 1: Use scipy.stats to compute the mean and standard deviation summary of [4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42].

Show solution

from scipy import stats
print(stats.describe([4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42]))

Exercise 2: Minimize f(x) = (x - 3)**2 and print the x that minimizes it.

Show solution

from scipy.optimize import minimize_scalar
res = minimize_scalar(lambda x: (x - 3)**2)
print(round(res.x, 3))   # 3.0

Key Takeaways

SciPy extends NumPy with scientific submodules.
Import the submodule you need (stats, optimize, …).
It covers statistics, optimization, interpolation, and linear algebra.

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