Top "Scientific-computing" questions

Use this tag for questions about using computers in science.

Is C really used for a lot of Scientific Computing?

I'm currently taking a math class in College called "Scientific Computing" and the professor told us that C is the …

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Plotting log-binned network degree distributions

I have often encountered and made long-tailed degree distributions/histograms from complex networks like the figures below. They make the …

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Solving nonlinear equations numerically

I need to solve nonlinear minimization (least residual squares of N unknowns) problems in my Java program. The usual way …

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Concatenate a large number of HDF5 files

I have about 500 HDF5 files each of about 1.5 GB. Each of the files has the same exact structure, which is 7 …

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Most efficient way to filter a long time series Python

I have a large time series, say 1e10, that results from recording neural activity, i.e. voltages. Before doing further …

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Efficient ways to write a large NumPy array to a file

I've currently got a project running on PiCloud that involves multiple iterations of an ODE Solver. Each iteration produces a …

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How to deal with underflow in scientific computing?

I am working on probabilistic models, and when doing inference on those models, the estimated probabilities can become very small. …

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Modern language with the advantages of FORTRAN?

I've been working with a lot of FORTRAN 77 lately, and though I had reservations at first, I now see some …

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Scientific libraries for Lua?

Are there any scientific packages for Lua comparable to Scipy?

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