An alternative to using NumPy is SymPy, a computer algebra library for Python. SymPy operates on symbols the way a numeric calculator or regular Python program works on numbers.

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Python for Linear Algebra These pages provide a showcase of how to use Python to do computations from linear algebra. We will demonstrate both the NumPy (SciPy) and SymPy packages. This is meant to be ...