1. Get up and running with Jupyter and Python

Launch Jupyter Notebook from Anaconda Navigator, and open a new Python 3 notebook.

Check that 2+2=4:

2+2

Use Shift-Enter to execute the code in a cell.

To download the resources file for MTH 306, copy, paste, and run the following code in your Jupyter notebook.

import requests
r = requests.get('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/UBmath/306/master/resources306.py')
with open('resources306.py','w') as f: f.write(r.text)

The above needs to be done just once for the whole semester.

Check that everything is ok by running this code which plots the exponential function e^− 2t for  − 1 ≤ t ≤ 2:

from resources306 import *

t = np.linspace(-1,2,200)
plt.plot( t, np.exp(-2*t) )
plt.grid()

2. Enroll in UBx course for homework

Most homework will be done through the online system called learning.buffalo.edu, also known as UBx. (This is UB's instance of the Open edX platform.)

Here are instructions for registering and enrolling in the 306 course on UBx.

Then do at least the first question in Homework 1 on using UBx.