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In this chapter, we review the equations of the main physical processes in the stellar interior, outline some of the methods used for the solution of these equations, and present some illustrative results.
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Maciel, W.J. (2016). Calculation of the Stellar Structure. In: Introduction to Stellar Structure. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16142-6_13
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