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COMPUTER METHODS

University of Cape Town
National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme

Luis A Balona (lab@saao.ac.za)
South African Asdtronomical Observatory


Chapter 1: Crash guide to Python
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Answers to exercises in Chapter 1

Homework assignment 1
Homework assignment 2
Data file for Problem 4 in assignment 2
Homework assignment 3


Chapter 2: Simple statistics
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Answers to exercises in Chapter 2

Homework assignment 4
Data file for Problem 6 in assignment 4
Homework assignment 5


Chapter 3: The method of least squares
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Answers to exercises in Chapter 3

Data file for Problem 9 in Assignment 6
Data file for Problem 10 in Assignment 6


Chapter 4: Numerical solutions of differential equations
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Answers to exercises in Chapter 4

Answers to Assignment 7


Answers to mid-course exam


Chapter 5: Searching for hidden periods
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Answers to exercises in Chapter 5

Assignment 8
Test program for Problem 15 in assignment 8
Data file for Problem 16 in assignment 8
Answers for assignment 8


Chapter 6: Photometry with the CCD detector
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Answers to exercises in Chapter 6


Chapter 7: Spectroscopy with the CCD detector
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Answers to exercises in Chapter 7


Example of a LaTeX document
Postscript figure


2006-02-09