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00 Part IA Michaelmas Term computing.ipynb

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01 Variables, assignment and operator precedence.ipynb

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-      "['False', 'None', 'True', '__peg_parser__', 'and', 'as', 'assert', 'async', 'await', 'break', 'class', 'continue', 'def', 'del', 'elif', 'else', 'except', 'finally', 'for', 'from', 'global', 'if', 'import', 'in', 'is', 'lambda', 'nonlocal', 'not', 'or', 'pass', 'raise', 'return', 'try', 'while', 'with', 'yield']\n"
+      "['False', 'None', 'True', 'and', 'as', 'assert', 'async', 'await', 'break', 'class', 'continue', 'def', 'del', 'elif', 'else', 'except', 'finally', 'for', 'from', 'global', 'if', 'import', 'in', 'is', 'lambda', 'nonlocal', 'not', 'or', 'pass', 'raise', 'return', 'try', 'while', 'with', 'yield']\n"
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02 Control statements.ipynb

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     "A common bug, especially when using `while` statements, is the [infinite loop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_loop). This is when a loop is entered but never terminates (exits).\n",
     "Infinite loops can render a system unresponsive, sometimes requiring a shutdown to restore function.\n",
     "\n",
-    "It is good practice, espeically when learning, to add guards against infinite loops. For example, "
+    "It is good practice to add guards against infinite loops. For example, "
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03 Types, type conversions and floating point arithmetic.ipynb

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-    "### Patriot Missile failure and the Ariane 5 explosion\n",
+    "### Ariane 5 explosion and Patriot Missile failure\n",
     "\n",
     "There have been numerous accidents due to programs not correctly handling types, type conversions and floating point arithmetic. Here are two examples: \n",
     "\n",
+    "1. Poor programming related to how computers store numbers led in 1996 to a European Space Agency *Ariane 5* \n",
+    "   unmanned rocket exploding shortly after lift-off. The rocket payload, worth US\\$500 M,\n",
+    "   was destroyed. You can find background at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_(spacecraft)#Launch_failure. \n",
+    "   We will reproduce the mistake, and show how a few lines code would have saved over US\\$500 M. \n",
+    "   \n",
+    "   <img src=\"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Ariane_5ES_with_ATV_4_on_its_way_to_ELA-3.jpg/320px-Ariane_5ES_with_ATV_4_on_its_way_to_ELA-3.jpg\" width=\"200\" />\n",
+    "   \n",
     "1. In 1991, a US Patriot missile failed to intercept an Iraqi Scud missile at Dhahran in Saudi Arabi, leading to \n",
     "   a loss of life. The subsequent investigation found that the Patriot missile failed to intercept the Scud \n",
     "   missile due to a software flaw. The software developers did not account for the effects of 'floating point \n",
@@ -41,15 +48,7 @@
     "\n",
     "   We will reproduce the precise mistake the developers of the Patriot Missile software made. See\n",
     "   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIM-104_Patriot#Failure_at_Dhahran for more background on the interception \n",
-    "   failure.\n",
-    "   \n",
-    "\n",
-    "2. Poor programming related to how computers store numbers led in 1996 to a European Space Agency *Ariane 5* \n",
-    "   unmanned rocket exploding shortly after lift-off. The rocket payload, worth US\\$500 M,\n",
-    "   was destroyed. You can find background at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_(spacecraft)#Launch_failure. \n",
-    "   We will reproduce the mistake, and show how a few lines code would have saved over US\\$500 M. \n",
-    "   \n",
-    "   <img src=\"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Ariane_5ES_with_ATV_4_on_its_way_to_ELA-3.jpg/320px-Ariane_5ES_with_ATV_4_on_its_way_to_ELA-3.jpg\" width=\"200\" />"
+    "   failure."
    ]
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04 Functions.ipynb

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     "def sum_and_increment(a, b):\n",
-    "    \"\"\"\"Return the sum of a and b, plus 1\"\"\"\n",
+    "    \"\"\"Return the sum of a and b, plus 1\"\"\"\n",
     "    return a + b + 1\n",
     "\n",
     "# Call the function\n",
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@
     "- Next comes the body of the function. The first part of the body is indented four spaces. \n",
     "  Everything that makes \n",
     "  up  the body of the function is indented at least four spaces relative to `def`. \n",
-    "  In Python, the first part of the body is an optional documentation string that describes in words what the   \n",
-    "  function does \n",
+    "  In Python, the first part of the body is an optional documentation string that describes in words \n",
+    "  what the function does \n",
     "  ```python  \n",
     "      \"Return the sum of a and b, plus 1\"\n",
     "  ```\n",
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05 Library functions.ipynb

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-    "Renaming functions at import can be helpful to keep code short, and we will see below it can be useful for switching between different functions.\n",
-    "However the above choice of name is very poor practice - the name '`some_math_function`' is not descriptive.\n",
-    "Below is a more sensible example."
+    "Renaming functions at import can be helpful to keep code short, and we will see below it can be useful for switching between different functions."
    ]
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       "    tau = 6.283185307179586\n",
       "\n",
       "FILE\n",
-      "    /usr/local/Cellar/python@3.9/3.9.14/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/lib-dynload/math.cpython-39-darwin.so\n",
+      "    /opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.10/3.10.6_2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/lib-dynload/math.cpython-310-darwin.so\n",
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        "slightly faster than the normalvariate() function.\n",
        "\n",
        "Not thread-safe without a lock around calls.\n",
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