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Lecture 1 Computers and programming languages introduction

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Lab 1 Basics of python

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Lecture 3 Functions and scripts

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Lab 2 Debugging and troubleshooting

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Lab 3 Using Visual Studio Code IDE

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Lab 4 Using Visual Studio Code IDE

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Lecture 4 Data reduction and fitting

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Lecture 6 Root finding

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Lecture 7 Integration

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Lab 6 the Good, the Bad report, and the Ugly AI generated reports

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Lab 7 Integrals and root finding gotchas

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Lecture 9 Iterated maps from order to chaos

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Lecture 10 From simulation to optimization

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Lecture 11 Numerical Optimization, one Dimension

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Lecture 12 Multi dimensional Optimization, part 1

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Lab 11 AI driven simulation of a colony part 3

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Lecture 14 Optimization part 2, smooth functions

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Lecture 16 Optimization part 4, demystifying neural networks and AI

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Lecture 17 Random numbers

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Lecture 18 Solving system of linear equations

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Lecture 19 Speeding up calculations

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Lecture 20 Interpolation (sometimes we do not need AI)

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Lecture 21 Ordinary differential equations part 1

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Lab 13 practice

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Lecture 23 Ordinary differential equations part 3

     
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