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Leo (Liang-Huan) Chin
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Leo (Liang-Huan) Chin is a data engineer with more than 5 years of experience in the field of Python. He works for Gogoro smart scooter, Taiwan, where his job entails discovering new and interesting biking patterns . His previous work experience includes ESRI, California, USA, which focused on spatial-temporal data mining. He loves data, analytics, and the stories behind data and analytics. He received an MA degree of GIS in geography from State University of New York, Buffalo. When Leo isn't glued to a computer screen, he spends time on photography, traveling, and exploring some awesome restaurants across the world. You can reach Leo at http://chinleock.github.io/portfolio/.
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Tanmay Dutta is a seasoned programmer with expertise in programming languages such as Python, Erlang, C++, Haskell, and F#. He has extensive experience in developing numerical libraries and frameworks for investment banking businesses. He was also instrumental in the design and development of a risk framework in Python (pandas, NumPy, and Django) for a wealth fund in Singapore. Tanmay has a master's degree in financial engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a certification in computational finance from Tepper Business School, Carnegie Mellon University.
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Polynomial mathematics


NumPy also provides methods to work with polynomials, and includes a package called numpy.polynomial to create, manipulate, and fit the polynomials. A common application of this would be interpolation and extrapolation. In this section, our focus is still on using ndarray with NumPy functions instead of using polynomial instances. (Don't worry, we will still show you the usage of the polynomial class.)

As we stated in the matrix class section, using ndarray with NumPy functions is preferred since ndarray can be accepted in any functions while matrix and polynomial objects need to be converted, especially when communicating to other programs. Both of them provided handy properties, but in most cases ndarray would be good enough.

In this section, we will cover how to calculate the coefficients based on a set of roots, and how to solve a polynomial equation, and finally we will evaluate integrals and derivatives. Let's start by calculating the coefficients of a polynomial...

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Leo (Liang-Huan) Chin

Leo (Liang-Huan) Chin is a data engineer with more than 5 years of experience in the field of Python. He works for Gogoro smart scooter, Taiwan, where his job entails discovering new and interesting biking patterns . His previous work experience includes ESRI, California, USA, which focused on spatial-temporal data mining. He loves data, analytics, and the stories behind data and analytics. He received an MA degree of GIS in geography from State University of New York, Buffalo. When Leo isn't glued to a computer screen, he spends time on photography, traveling, and exploring some awesome restaurants across the world. You can reach Leo at http://chinleock.github.io/portfolio/.
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Tanmay Dutta

Tanmay Dutta is a seasoned programmer with expertise in programming languages such as Python, Erlang, C++, Haskell, and F#. He has extensive experience in developing numerical libraries and frameworks for investment banking businesses. He was also instrumental in the design and development of a risk framework in Python (pandas, NumPy, and Django) for a wealth fund in Singapore. Tanmay has a master's degree in financial engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a certification in computational finance from Tepper Business School, Carnegie Mellon University.
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