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2022 August 11
  • Chapter 8: Section 8.4: Correction to equation 8.4.5 and previous line.
2020 February 23
  • Chapter 10: Appendix A: Correction to equation 10.A.13.
2019 April 27
  • Chapter 11: Section 11.6: Corrected number in denominator of equation 11.6.1.
2017 August 8
  • Chapter 10: Section 10.2: Page 3: ¼μ0ʲ corrected to ¼ε0ʲ.
  • Chapter 10: Section 10.5: Paragraph above figure X.4A: π/ln16 corrected to √(π/ln16).
  • Chapter 10: Section 10.7: First line above figure X.6: “daial” corrected to “radial”.
  • Chapter 10: Appendix B: Above equation 10.B.1: The words “classical damping constant” before the symbol Γ deleted.
  • Chapter 10: Appendix C: Paragraphs 2 and 3: Symbol N replaced with 𝒩
2017 June 30
  • Chapter 8: Section 8.2: All equations in this section after 8.2.18 renumbered.
  • Chapter 8: Section 8.2: Above equation 8.2.18: “than” corrected to “that”.
  • Chapter 8: Section 8.3: Below equation 8.3.2: “than” corrected to “that”.
  • Chapter 8: Subsection 8.5i: Last paragraph: 1.3 corrected to 1/3.
2017 June 14
  • Chapter 7: Section 7.9: Left side of equation 7.9.3, and two lines later in text, φ changed to Φ.
2017 May 27
  • Chapter 5: Section 5.9: Figure V.6 redrawn.
2016 February 16
  • Chapter 8: Section 8.5: Paragraph added at end of Subsection 8.5i.
2011 November 16
  • Section 9.3: Corrections to equations 9.3.9 and 9.3.4.
2011 November 8
  • Chapter 10: Section 10.2: Paragraph 3: "tell" changed to "tells".
  • Chapter 10: Section 10.3: The differential du has been added to the right hand side of equation 10.3.2.
2011 November 2
  • Chapter 7: References in the chapter to "Hund's" interval rule have been corrected to read "Landé's interval rule".
2006 April 12
  • Chapter 4: Section 4.5: Correction to equation 4.5.1. Thanks to Thomas Hearty.
2005 October 6
  • Chapter 7: Section 7.11. "amd" corrected to "and".
  • Chapter 7: Section 7.21. "it" corrected to "its" (twice).
2005 August 12
  • Chapter 8: Section 8.4: Reference to equation 8.3.4 in line following equation 8.4.13 corrected to 8.3.2.
2005 June 10
  • Chapter 2: Correction to equation 2.7.27. (No subsequent values affected.)
2004 November 16
  • Chapter 7: Misspelling of "Hund" corrected after equation 7.17.1.
2004 April 29
  • Chapter 1: Correction to equations 1.18.5 and 1.18.6 and their derivations. Thanks to Teboh Roland.
2003 September 22
  • Chapter 4: Section 4.3: Correction to second sentence.
2003 August 1
  • Chapter 1: Correction to equations 1.14.1, 1.14.2, 1.14.3.
2003 April 11
  • Chapter 8: Section 8.3i: Small addition to Stirling's Theorem.
2003 January 21
  • Chapter 9: Some cosmetic changes in sections 9.4 and 9.5. Mistake corrected in line after equation 9.5.2
2002 December 20
  • All chapters paginated.
2002 September 26
  • Chapter 11 (Curve of Growth) added.
2002 September 12
  • Chapter 10: Section 10.5: extensively rewritten and material added.
  • Chapter 10: Addition of Appendices A, B and C.
  • Updates page began.



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