Installation & Setup

Installation & Setup#

Welcome to Quantium — a lightweight Python library for unit-safe scientific and mathematical computation. It combines a clean, dependency-minimal architecture with a powerful system for dimensional analysis — ensuring that every calculation you perform respects physical consistency.

Installation & Setup#

Quantium can be installed from the Python Package Index (PyPI):

pip install quantium

After installation, verify that Quantium is correctly installed by checking its version:

import quantium
print("Quantium version:", quantium.__version__)

To make sure Quantium is ready to use, open a Python shell and run:

>>> from quantium import u
>>> (10 * u.kg) * (5 * u.m) / (2 * u.s**2)
25 N

To update Quantium to the latest version:

pip install --upgrade quantium

Requirements#

Quantium is built to work seamlessly in modern environments and is compatible with current development tools and workflows.

Quantium currently supports Python 3.10 and above.

Contributing#

We welcome contributions from the community! To get started, See the CONTRIBUTING guide for details.


License#

Quantium is distributed under the MIT License. See the CHANGELOG for version history and recent updates.