work folder for a project-oriented scientific computing class

Output as shown in the report was generated using the following software:

python 3.5.0-2
python-numpy 1.10.1-1
python-scipy 0.16.0-2
python-sympy 0.7.6.1.20151003-1
python-matplotlib 1.4.3-4

For convenience, all code and related material for this course (apart from certain files like pdf or other large binary blobs) will be hosted on https://www.github.com/wukm/573.

There are ways to manage versions of packages of software in python so that the appropriate software can be obtained and used along with the appropriate version of python and any required packages without requiring global installation. I plan on setting this up with the current code base at some future point. This is a work in progress.

"Fix" use of matplotlib, either directly or via a wrapper.