Glossary

LHS

The left hand side of an equation/inequality/etc. E.g. in the equation \(a^2 + b^2 = c^2\), the left hand side refers to the expression \(a^2 + b^2\)

pre-commit

pre-commit is a tool used to automatically configure and run a number of checks/utilities each time you make a git commit.

PyPi

PyPi is the main repository for Python packages

radian

radians

A unit for measuring angles based on the circle where \(2\pi = 360^\circ\). It generally makes equations involving trigonometric functions like \(\sin\) and \(\cos\) “nicer” to work with. More info…

sdist

Shorthand for a python source distribution

tox

tox is an automation tool for the setup of multiple python envrionments and running commands within them. Very often used for testing.

whl

wheel

A wheel is the preferred packaging format for Python code