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Chapter 3: Simple Plots and Charts
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Q8.1.1 The most well-determined physical constants
Q8.1.2 Number concentration from the ideal gas law
Q8.2.1 Numerical integration of a simple function
Q8.2.2 Numerical integration of some awkward integrals
Q8.2.3 Evaluating $\pi$ by direct integration
Q8.2.4 dblquad gotcha
Q8.4.1 Equation solving with scipy.optimize.brentq
Q8.4.2 Failing to find the root with scipy.optimize.newton
Q8.4.3 Determining the initial angle of a projectile's motion