Innovative Computing Methods and Their Applications to Engineering Problems

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This volume is the third edition of the first-ever elementary book on the Langevin equation method for the solution of problems involving the translational and rotational Brownian motion of particles

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For beginners and experienced programmers, this guide to Python provides practical instruction for developing useful applications with this popular multi-platform open source language. Beginning with

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