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8.981 :: Selected Topics in Astrophysics

 

Problem sets will be posted on this page as the term progresses. Please reference the General Info page for more detailed information.

Problem Set #1, due Tuesday, 9.18.07
Solution #1

Problem Set #2, due Thursday, 10.04.07
Some tips and addenda to Problem Set #2. Please look at this --- the problems have been slightly modified to make sure that everyone does things in a uniform way.
Solution #2 and associated Mathematica notebook (PDF version).
Cool Mathematica notebook written by Leo Stein to expand all those tensor products of direction cosines.

Problem Set #3, due Thursday, 10.11.07

Problem Set #4, due Thursday, 10.30.07
Solution #2.