{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "81b1d2f0", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "---\n", "title: \"Intro to Math 5486\"\n", "subtitle: \"Lecture 1: Introduction to Math 5486\"\n", "date: 2026-01-21\n", "abstract-title: Overview\n", "abstract: | \n", " (1) Syllabus, Canvas, and Admin; \n", " (2) Intro/Reminders on Jupyter/Julia; \n", " (3) Reminders on Math 5485 and prerequisites; \n", " (4) Overview of Math 5486;\n", "format:\n", " html:\n", " other-links:\n", " - text: This notebook\n", " href: L1.ipynb\n", "---" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "63cf0867", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "::: {.callout-note}\n", "\n", "I encourage you to play around with the juptyer notebook for this lecture - you can copy the code with the ```this notebook``` button on the side of this page.\n", "\n", ":::\n", "\n", "::: {.callout-warning}\n", "\n", "These notes are mainly a record of what we discussed and are not a substitute for attending the lectures and reading books! If anything is unclear/wrong, let me know and I will update the notes.\n", "\n", ":::\n", "\n", "## Notebooks\n", "\n", "::: {.callout-tip}\n", "\n", "Follow the steps in /InstallingJulia.html and A1 to learn about notebooks and Julia. \n", "\n", ":::\n", "\n", "Notebooks are made up from \"cells\". \n", "\n", "* ```A``` adds a cell above the currently selected cell, \n", "* ```B``` adds a cell below,\n", "* ```M``` changes the cell from Julia to markdown,\n", "* Double click or ```enter``` to see the syntax and edit cells, \n", "* Press ```ctrl```+```enter``` to exit edit mode,\n", "\n", "::: {#exm-1}\n", "\n", "Add a new markdown cell below this one and write \"Hello world!\" \n", "\n", ":::" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "101cc19c", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Hello, world!" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "cade2484", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "### Markdown\n", "\n", "Text in this cell can be **bold**, *italic*, ***bold italic***, quotes \n", "\n", ">\"The only source of knowledge is experience\" \n", ">-- Einstein\n", "\n", "```\n", "Preformatted text,\n", " useful for\n", "pseudocode\n", "```\n", "\n", "* Bullet points \n", " - level 2 bullet points \n", " - etc..\n", "* Another point\n", "\n", "