READING / HOMEWORK PROBLEMS -- for 2006. DISREGARD ANYTHING AFTER DASHED LINE -- IT'S FROM LAST YEAR!

The ps and TeX files can be found in ~heiles/courses and relevant subdirectories.


File Name
Description

WED, 18 JAN 2005

unixprimer.ps BASIC UNIX TUTORIAL
idltut1.ps BASIC IDL TUTORIAL
idldatatypes.ps IDL TUTORIAL: IDL DATATYPES AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES
moonproblem.ps DO THIS PROBLEM!!

MON, 23 JAN

makeps.ps IDL TUTORIAL: MAKING, PRINTING, AND POWERPOINTING POSTSCRIPT FILES OF GRAPHS AND IMAGES

WED, 25 JAN

bididlm.ps BASIC IMAGE DISPLAY IN IDL
irproj.ps DO THIS PROBLEM, DUE NEXT WEDNESDAY!!

MON, 30 JAN

dimensionalcolor.ps ONE, TWO, AND THREE DIMENSIONAL COLOR IMAGES
annotated_images.ps MAKING ANNOTATED IMAGES
projections_handout.ps COORDINATE PROJECTIONS AND FITS FILE ASTROMETRY

WED, 1 Feb

sintheta_problem.ps DO THESE PROBLEMS!! DUE Friday, FEBRUARY 10!!
DO READING: Monovariate pdfs: COWAN 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 and/or Trumpler and Weaver 1.12, 1.13, 1.14

MON, 6 Feb

DO THIS READING: BIVARIATE PDFS AND THEIR TRANSORMATIONS: TRUMPLER AND WEAVER, sections 1.31, 1.33, 1.34; COWAN, section 3.2.

MON, 6 Feb

nh-b_problem.ps DO THESE PROBLEMS!! DUE Friday, FEBRUARY 17!!
DO READING for Monday's class: important monovariate PDFs: Cowan chapter 2

Wed, 15 Feb

cntrl_lim_problem.ps DO THIS PROBLEM!! DUE Friday, FEBRUARY 24!!
DO READING for next class (which will be Wednesday 22 Feb): Numerical Recipes (NR) on the chi-square test and the Kolmogoroff-Smirnoff test.

Wed, 22 Feb

cntrl_lim_problem.ps DUE DATE EXTENDED TO Friday, March 3.
DO READING for next class (which will be Wednesday 22 Feb): Numerical Recipes (NR) on the chi-square test and the Kolmogoroff-Smirnoff test.

Wed, 01 Mar

problem4_ratio.ps Corellated brightness measurements of two stars: due Friday, 10 March.
DO READING for ***THIS*** class: THE GAUSSIAN PDF: COWAN SECTION 2.5. EXPECTATION VALUES, COVARIANCE: COWAN SECTION 1.5. DISCRETE DISTRIBUTIONS: COWAN SECTION 5.2.
DO READING for ***NEXT*** class: PROPAGATION OF ERROR: COWAN SECTION 1.6. FIRST INTRO TO PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS: COWAN SECTION 1.7.

WED, 15 MAR

lsfit_2005.ps read sections 1,2,3,4,5,6 from lsfit handout.
problem3.ps DO THIS PROBLEM!! DUE FRIDAY, MARCH 24!!

MON, 20 MAR

lsfit_2005.ps **IN ADVANCE OF THIS CLASS**, read sections 8, 9 from lsfit handout .

WED, 22 MAR

lsfit_2005.ps **IN ADVANCE OF THIS CLASS**, read sections 9, 7 from lsfit handout
p13.ps DO THIS PROBLEM!! DUE FRIDAY, APR 7!!
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WED, 5 Apr

rational.ps WE ARE CANCELLING THIS PROBLEM (rational.ps)! DON'T DO IT! INSTEAD, PLAY CATCHUP AND TRY TO HAND IN P13.PS ON TIME!!!! probably this problem; maybe another involving SVD. Due Fri Apr 14!!

MON, 10 APR

lsfit_2005.ps **IN ADVANCE OF THIS CLASS**, read sections 12, 13 from lsfit handout .

Wed, 12 Apr

jefferys.ps **IN ADVANCE OF THIS CLASS**, read this handout on fitting when all measured quantities have errors .
p16b.ps DO THIS (SIMPLE, FUN) PROBLEM!! It shows the power of MARS fitting. DUE Fri, APRIL 21!!
jefferys_problem.ps DO THIS PROBLEM on errors in both variables!! ALSO DUE Fri, APRIL 21!!

MON, 17 APR

fourierc.ps **IN ADVANCE OF THIS CLASS**, read the Fourier handout: DFT'S FOR DFT'S.

WED, 19 APR

fourierc.ps **IN ADVANCE OF THIS CLASS**, read the Fourier handout: DFT'S FOR DFT'S.
p20b.ps DO THIS PROBLEM!! DUE FRIDAY, APRIL 28!!
run5.dat click here to get the run5.dat file

WED, 26 APR

how_clean.ps **IN ADVANCE OF THIS CLASS**, print this 'how-to' on spectral CLEAN and bring it to class.
gm.ps DO THIS AMAZING PROBLEM ON IRREGULAR SAMPLING, DUE Fri 5 MAY.
gm.pdf YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ASSOCIATED PAPER (APJ ACCEPTED) and also THIS ONE Rossiter.ps
gm.sav YOU'LL NEEED THE DATA IN THIS IDL SAVE FILE FOR THE PROBLEM

WED, 3 MAY

wavelet.ps **IN ADVANCE OF THIS CLASS**, read this WAVELETS, by Erik Rosolowsky.

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