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 # Running the Demo Code
 First make sure that you have installed Julia v0.6 and the required packages. Then start a Julia REPL in the directory where the file `demo.jl` is located. In the Julia REPL, type `include("demo.jl")` to run the demo.
 
-Note that it may take quite some time to run the demo the first time, since all the required packages are then being compiled. It takes roughly 1 min to run the entire script with $`30^2`=900$ collocation points.
+Note that it may take quite some time to run the demo the first time, since all the required packages are then being compiled. It takes roughly 1 min to run the entire script with $`30^2=900`$ collocation points.
 
 ## Printouts