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\lecture{1 -- February 3, 2016}{Spring 2016}{Prof.\ Ankur Moitra}{STUDENT NAME}

\section{Topic 1}
I might cite a paper that was mentioned in class \cite{HB98}. Or include a link to an informative webpage: \href{http://people.csail.mit.edu/moitra/854.html}{http://people.csail.mit.edu/moitra/854.html}.

\section{Topic 2}

I might include a theorem statement:
\begin{theorem}(The Important Theorem)
\label{main_theorem}
State the result.
\end{theorem}

that I reference later as Theorem \ref{main_theorem}.

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\bibitem{HB98} Huynen, M.~A. and Bork, P. 1998. Measuring genome evolution. {\em
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA}
  95:5849--5856.

\bibitem{CA} Caprara, A. 1997. Sorting by reversals is difficult. In: {\em
Proceedings of the First Annual International Conference on Computational
Molecular Biology (RECOMB 97),} New York: ACM.  pp. 75-83.

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