## Virus Propagation and Markov

Khan Academy Virus Propagation Part of the interview process at Khan Academy is to complete their interview project. This project deals with virus propagation through a directed network. We will be using the terms “graph” and “network” interchangeably, but I’m referring to the same thing for both. From a high …

## Integrating SMS with Twilio

Let’s say that you need to integrate SMS capabilities into your project, and let’s also say that you’re using python. You can use Twilio to very easily integrate texts directly into your application. Setting Up Twilio First though, you’ll need a Twilio account. Go to their signup page, and create …

## Political Boundaries and Simulations

Adapted as a talk for the Boulder Python Meetup Download archive here, or from gitlab.com/thedataleek/politicalboundaries. Press the space-bar to proceed to the next slide. See here for a brief tutorial Expand Code

## One Dimensional Maps

Creating one-dimensional maps is a very easy and straightforward process that can be used to explore chaotic behavior. Given some function we take an initial value and use the iterative process $$x_{n+1} = f\left(x_n\right)$$ One popular map to explore is the Logistic Map, defined as  x_{n+1} = …

## An Introduction to Plotting in Python

After having some Applied Math friends rant to me at how awful plotting was in Python I decided to write up a quick guide to hopefully change their minds. Numpy This assumes a basic familiarity with numpy, although I’ll go over the basics really quickly just in case. The syntax/API …