Astro 503 Materials

Apologies for the bare-bones web site. It will flesh out during the course.

Useful Links

• Reiko's class notes
• Course Syllabus
• Bruce Eckel book site
• Numerical Recipes site
• C++ Operator Precedence Table
• C++ Standard Library guide from Dinkumware
• Another C++ Std Library guide
• CVS Manual: Look at sections 1, 4.1-4.3, 7, and 12.
• Some references for Markov-Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC): Christensen et al.; Dunkley et al.; and our very own Verde et al. (see section 3); a textbook-like monograph;
• An excellent free statistics introductory text.
• The make manual.
• The FFTW Fourier transform library.

Homework Assignments

• Homework #1, Due Jan 17
• Homework #2, Due Jan 24
• Homework #3, Due Jan 31. Here are additionally useful files ran2.c from NR, and Blackjack.h to start you on your blackjack class definitions.
• Homework #4, Due Feb 7. The input data files for question 2: arraya.dat arrayb.dat
• Homework #5, Due Feb 14.
• Homework #6, Due Feb 21.
• Homework #7, Due Feb 28.
• Homework #8, Due Mar 16. Here are the input files for the Gettysburg Address and the 2006 State of the Union Address
• Homework #9, Due Mar 21.
• Homework #10, Due Apr 6.
• Homework #11, Due Apr 13. You will need the supernova data file from Riess et al.
• Final Assignment, Due May 2. You will need the supernova data file from last week, the data file for the bivariate Gaussian fit, and the image data for the convolution problem.

Programs used in lectures:

• Week 1
• Week 2
• Week 3
• Week 4
• Week 5
• Week 6
• Week 7
• Week 8
• Examples from later weeks

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