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\author{Ethan Bolker}
\title{Computing tools for mathematics\\
First steps}

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This course is being offered for the first time, so there's no fixed
syllabus yet. What we do will depend in part on the preparation
students come with. The class is small enough so that I can reasonably
easily adjust topics and difficulty on the fly.

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Answer the questions that follow, bring hard copy to class.

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\item If you have a computer of your own you plan to use, visit the
  course home page (under construction) at
  \url{http://www.cs.umb.edu/~eb/480/}, find the links page, install
  and test the latest Python 3.4 and the latest PyCharm Python IDE.

If you don't have a computer of your own to use, we will figure
something out \ldots
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Here are the questions:

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\item What math courses have you taken?
\item What other math courses are you taking this semester?

\item What other time commitments do you have (work, child care, ...)?

\item No programming is required for this course. I'll teach what you
  need to know. But you may come with some knowledge.
What programming skills do you have? Are they fresh or rusty? What
languages? Do you like programming?

\item What personal access do you have to a computer? Can you bring a
  laptop to class? 

\item When do you expect to graduate? What do you think you will be
  doing after you graduate?

\item What are your fondest wishes and worst fears about this course?

\item Anything else I should know about you?
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