Project
This exercise aims to provide a flavor of the expertise required for the SPIN project as well as giving you an idea of the work expected of you. If you choose to apply to work with me on this project then I will ask you to work through the exercise and send in your results before applying. I will not consider you for the project unless I have received the exercise results. please keep in mind that the exercise mostly serves to give you an idea of the skills required to avoid signing up for more than you can handle.
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- Familiarity with Linux command line interface, including ssh
- Familiarity git command line client
- Strong working knowledge of Python, matplotlib and numpy
Prerequisites
Setup
Obtain a tutorial account for the Einstein Toolkit tutorial server as described in the "Online Usage" section of the ET tutorial.
Exercise
- follow the frozen tutorial instructions to simulate a TOV star and produce the plot shown there
- you will have to copy and paste the cells or upload the frozen tutorial to the tutorial server
Sending in results
Once done, please send me the notebook you used including the output produced to rhaas@illinois.edu as an email attachment
Solution
Your plot should look like the one shown in the frozen tutorial instructions
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