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+# MML Coursework 1 - Differentiation and Optimization
+All of the content for this coursework is contained in the provided Jupyter notebook.
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+The ./tests folder is only required if you wish to carry out the assignment on google colab - in this case you will need to mount the notebook onto googledrive, and place the ./tests in the same working directory as the notebook. If you are working in VSCode or Juypter/Jupyter Lab, this is not necessary, as the tests are embedded into the notebook.
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