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+# continuous_time_mcs.notebooks
+
+Notebooks for https://quantecon.github.io/continuous_time_mcs/intro.html
+
+**Note:** This README should be edited [here](https://github.com/quantecon/continuous_time_mcs/_notebook_repo)
diff --git a/_notebook_repo/environment.yml b/_notebook_repo/environment.yml
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+name: quantecon
+channels:
+  - default
+dependencies:
+  - python=3.12
+  - anaconda=2024.10
+  - pip
+  - pip:
+    - jupyter-book==0.15.1
+    - quantecon-book-theme==0.7.2
+    - sphinx-tojupyter==0.3.0
+    - sphinxext-rediraffe==0.2.7
+    - sphinx-exercise==0.4.1
+    - ghp-import==2.1.0
+    - sphinxcontrib-youtube
+    - sphinx-proof
+    - quantecon
+