pyqm-week5

Week 5: Matplotlib

5.1 - Line Plots - [Notebook] - [Video]

• Using plt.plot
  • Plotting a line between two points
  • Plotting line between multiple points
  • Plotting a function
  • Plotting two lines in the same figure
• Plot Aesthetics
  • Changing line colour
  • Changing line width
  • Changing line style
  • Changing marker style
• Axis Formatting
  • Setting limits
  • Changing ticks
  • Adding grids
• Labels
  • Adding a title
  • Labeling axes
• Error Bars
• Asymptotes and Annotations
• Log Plots
  • Making log-log plots
  • Making semi-log plots
• Figure Object
  • Creating a figure
  • Adding axes to figure
  • Adjusted functions
  • Saving an image

5.2 - Multiple and Alternative Plots - [Notebook] - [Video]

• Subplots
  • Making sub-plots using plt.subplot()
  • Plots in Plots
  • Making sub-plots using fig.add_subplot()
  • Making sub-plots using plt.subplots()
• Histograms
• Scatter Plot
• Bar Chart
• Pie Chart

5.3 - 3D Plots and Animations - [Notebook] - [Video]

• 3D Line Plot
• Heatmap
• Surface Plot
• Interactive Backend
• Animation
  • Making an initialisation function
  • Making an animation function
  • Animating a plot
  • Saving an animation

5.4 Cheatsheet

5.5 Tutorial

1. Noise in qubits
2. Particle in a Box
3. Normal Distribution
4. Monte Carlo $\pi$ Estimation
5. Ball Animation

5.6 Exercises

1. Settlers of Histogram
2. Normal Distribution
3. Particle in a Box
4. Plotting a Sphere
5. Snake Animation