Week 2: Sept 4 - 10
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Quiz 1
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.. rubric:: Tuesday, September 5

* :download:`Sample Quiz 1 <../Quizzes/quiz1_sample.pdf>`

What is covered:

* Mathematical operations on integers and floats.
* Strings and string formating.
* The ``print()`` function.
* Conversion functions: ``int()``, ``round()``, ``float()``, ``str()``.
* Variable assignment.
* Importing modules.
* The ``if`` statement.


Python
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* :doc:`Lists and "for" loops </PT/PT-lists>`
* ``range()``
* ``while`` loops
* Fine-tuning loops: ``break`` and ``continue``
* :doc:`Functions </PT/PT-functions>`
* Logical operators: ``not``, ``and``, ``or``


Mathematics
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* Primary decomposition of integers
* Congruences

Project 1
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.. rubric:: Due: Thursday, September 14, 8:00 AM.

* :doc:`A Prime or Not a Prime </Projects/prime_or_not/prime_or_not>`.




Week 2 notebook
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- `View online <../_static/week2_in_class.html>`_
- `Download  <../_static/week2_in_class.ipynb>`_ (after downloading put it in the directory where you keep your Jupyter notebooks).