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This chapter will end up having covered a diverse set of topics but all have the same underlying theme: what analytic and numeric techniques are used to model stars? Some of these techniques will yield approximate solutions to the equations of stellar structure, whereas others are designed for the exacting task of comparing model results to real stars. We start with some rather general considerations by reviewing the equations of stellar structure.
To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.
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Every novel should have a beginning, a muddle, and an end.
— Peter De Vries
We are now in the stellar muddling stage.
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Hansen, C.J., Kawaler, S.D. (1994). Stellar Modeling. In: Stellar Interiors. Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0214-8_7
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