diff --git a/w0_background/intro.ipynb b/w0_background/intro.ipynb index 993325d468f41ee568c253c096c717140f5f8edd..e1a8b61faa154809d94d75c3f5e343ed70ee0f17 100644 --- a/w0_background/intro.ipynb +++ b/w0_background/intro.ipynb @@ -148,25 +148,13 @@ "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ - "To get going with the simulations, you will need to get access to computational software.\n", - "\n", - "Don't fear, it's very easy. If you don't want to spend time installing programs, just make a free account at [Sage Cloud](https://cloud.sagemath.com). It is a free cloud computation service, so using it you can access everything that you will need for our course as long as you have a browser.\n", - "\n", - "A cool feature of Sage Cloud is that it allows you to collaboratively work on the same simulations, similar to google docs. In fact, we even encourage you to work in groups." - ] - }, - { - "cell_type": "markdown", - "metadata": {}, - "source": [ - "An alternative route is to install everything on your own computer. The advantages are that the computations will run faster, and that you will be able to use it without internet access. Of course that also means you cannot collaborate like on Sage Cloud (unless you are also using the Sage Cloud).\n", - "\n", - "If you want to install the necessary software, you will need:\n", + "To get going with the simulations, you will need to get the computational software.\n", + "Specifically you need:\n", "\n", "* Python 3.5 or 3.6\n", "* Python scientific stack (SciPy, NumPy, Matplotlib, Jupyter notebook)\n", - "* Holoviews, a Python library for plotting data.\n", - "* [Kwant](http://kwant-project.org), a package for quantum transport simulations.\n", + "* Holoviews 1.7, a Python library for plotting data.\n", + "* [Kwant](http://kwant-project.org) 1.3, a package for quantum transport simulations.\n", "\n", "The installation should be straightforward.\n", "Installation of most of the requirements is described [here](http://kwant-project.org/install).\n", @@ -192,8 +180,7 @@ " Kwant and its dependencies with:\n", "\n", " conda config --add channels conda-forge\n", - " conda config --add channels kwant # this is to get the latest kwant version\n", - " conda install kwant=dev holoviews notebook" + " conda install kwant holoviews notebook feedparser" ] }, {