Today’s problem is about the Cartesian leaf, named after the great mathematician and philosopher René Descartes. In 1638, Descartes challenged Pierre de Fermat (yes, the one with the famous theorem) …

When working with Python’s computer algebra package sympy , simple plots can easily be created with basic functions like plot . However, documentation on more advanced plotting is rather skim. …

This is a quick article on simple plotting in Python’s computer algebra system sympy because this is quite convenient in Jupyter notebooks when working with sympy . More complex plotting …

Last time, we played with the Laplace transform and its inverse in Python. Today, we’ll use that knowledge to solve differential equations.

Suppose we have the differential equation

for the …

Throughout my student days, I tried my best to avoid using the Laplace transform. What a pity, as it’s such a powerful tool! The reason why I disliked the Laplace …