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@@ -13,3 +13,16 @@ Algebra](https://github.uconn.edu/rcc02007/CompMech04-LinearAlgebra)
 
 [CompMech05- Boundary Value
 Problems](https://github.uconn.edu/rcc02007/CompMech05-BVPs)
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