# MPHY0021 - 21/10/2021 - group 2 ## Who is here? :::danger Remember to `rename` yourself by clicking on your zoom name (in the participants list) and change it to: `SGX - Your name` being `X` the number of the group you have been assigned to. If you disconnect and connect again, please rename yourself again. ::: Add your name to the list. - Alessandro Felder / he-him / [@alessandrofelder](https://github.com/alessandrofelder) - Thandi Madula / she-her / [@thandi1908](https://github.com/thandi1908) - Rohit Shekhar / he-him / [@roash](https://github.com/roash) - Yu Pan (Peter)/he-him/[@ProfPeterAstroN](https://github.com/ProfPeterAstroN) - Qingran Lu/she-her/[@QINGRANLU](https://github.com/QINGRANLU) - Lifeng Luo/he-him/[@Llf54321](https://github.com/Llf54321) - Will Hafner / he-him / [@ will43w](https://github.com/will43w) - Jiaqi Guo / he-him / [@OliverG74](https://github.com/OliverG74) - Tianmu Qiu / she-her / [@felixFelicisss](https://github.com/felixFelicisss) ## Ice-breaker Activity :question: Name one thing you learned about Python in the class preparation and why do you think it's useful? :snake: - mutable and immutable. - classes example and how it was structured so different kinds could communicate with each other. - dir function was helpful. - loops for linear algebra. - dictionary: when to use [], (), and {}? - list: - create a list: `a = [1,2,3]` - get an element in the list: `element = a[0]` - dict: - create a dict: `d = {'name': 'Alessandro', 'age': 15}` - get an element in the dict: `element = d['name']` - variables and functions and loops syntax was interesting and easy-to-use due to similarities to MatLab syntax ## Exercise/Discussion notes ###### tags: `mphy0021` `teaching` `group`