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+# majoran-nanowire-conductance
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+Code mostly taken from :page_with_curl: [Topology in Condensed Matter course](topocondmat.org)
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+Run the notebooks on this repository with [![Binder](http://mybinder.org/badge.svg)](http://mybinder.org:/repo/basnijholt/majorana-nanowire-conductance).