Introduction to Computation and Programming Using Python, second edition: With Application to Understanding Data

The syntax of a language defines which strings of characters and symbols are well formed.

4.2 Specifications

The worst-case provides an upper bound on the running time. This is critical in situations where there is a time constraint on how long a computation can take.

5 STRUCTURED TYPES, MUTABILITY, AND HIGHER-ORDER FUNCTIONS

In Python each function definition is of the form21 def name of function (list of formal parameters): body of function

10.1.1 Linear Search and Using Indirection to Access Elements

2.1.2 Variables and Assignment

3.5 Newton-Raphson

3.3 Approximate Solutions and Bisection Search