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Lecture Notes

12.010 (F24): Lecture 01: Getting Started with Python and Programming Environment

12.010 (F24): Lecture 02: Hardware, Boolean Algebra, and Loops

12.010 (F24): Lecture 03: Array Storage and Data Structures

12.010 (F24): Lecture 04: Algorithms and Common Problems

12.010 (F24): Lecture 05: Input/Output and Program Design

12.010 (F24): Lecture 06: Solving Problems Numerically

12.010 (F24): Lecture 07: ODE Solutions

12.010 (F24): Lecture 08: Graphics

12.010 (F24): Lecture 09: Graphics (cont.) and GUIs

12.010 (F24): Lecture 10: Code Re-Visits

12.010 (F24): Lecture 11: Data Analysis

12.010 (F24): Lecture 12: Libraries, Geopandas, and Xarray

12.010 (F24): Lecture 13: Outputting and Formatting Results

12.010 (F24): Lecture 14: Compiled Languages

12.010 (F24): Lecture 15: Fortran

12.010 (F24): Lecture 16: C/C++

12.010 (F24): Lecture 17: C/C++ (cont.)

12.010 (F24): Lecture 18: Finish C++, Classes in Python

12.010 (F24): Lecture 19: Julia

12.010 (F24): Lecture 20: Julia Objects, Multiple Dispatch

12.010 (F24): Lecture 21: Parallel Programming; Algorithms and Scaling; MPI

12.010 (F24): Lecture 22: Version Control and Software Management Practices

12.010 (F24): Lecture 23: Working with Large Data Files: NetCDF and Databases

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Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

As Taught In

Fall 2024

Level

Undergraduate

Topics

Engineering
- Computer Science
  - Algorithms and Data Structures
  - Programming Languages
- Systems Engineering
  - Computational Science and Engineering

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