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+# lecture-python-advanced.notebooks
+
+[![Binder](https://mybinder.org/badge_logo.svg)](https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/QuantEcon/lecture-python-advanced.notebooks/master)
+
+Notebooks for https://python-advanced.quantecon.org
+
+**Note:** This README should be edited [here](https://github.com/quantecon/lecture-python-advanced.myst/_notebook_repo)
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+name: lecture-python-advanced
+channels:
+  - default
+dependencies:
+  - python=3.8
+  - anaconda
+