The exploration of the first billion years of the history of the Universe represents one of the great challenges of contemporary astrophysics. During this time, the first structures start to form the first stars, galaxies, and possibly also soon the first quasars. At the same time, light comes to the dark, neutral Universe. This book contains the worked out lectures given at the 36th Saas-Fee Advanced Course "First Light in the Universe" by three eminent scientists in the field.

Three eminent scientists, each well known for the clarity of their writing, present for students and researchers what is known about the internal structure, origin and evolution of White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars and Black Holes, all objects at the final stage of stellar evolution. They cover fascinating topics such as pulsation of white dwarfs, millisecond pulsars or the dynamics around black holes. The book is written for graduate students in astrophysics, but is also of interest to professional astronomers and physicists.

The exploration of the first billion years of the history of the Universe represents one of the great challenges of contemporary astrophysics. During this time, the first structures start to form the first stars, galaxies, and possibly also soon the first quasars. At the same time, light comes to the dark, neutral Universe. This book contains the worked out lectures given at the 36th Saas-Fee Advanced Course "First Light in the Universe" by three eminent scientists in the field.

Three eminent scientists, each well known for the clarity of their writing, present for students and researchers what is known about the internal structure, origin and evolution of White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars and Black Holes, all objects at the final stage of stellar evolution. They cover fascinating topics such as pulsation of white dwarfs, millisecond pulsars or the dynamics around black holes. The book is written for graduate students in astrophysics, but is also of interest to professional astronomers and physicists.

Das Buch behandelt die Entwicklung von Datenstrukturen und Algorithmen fA1/4r Listen, BAume und Graphen mittels objektorientierter Verfahren. Es fA1/4hrt seine Leser in den Umgang mit Listen, BAumen und Graphen sowie in deren wichtigste Anwendungen ein und macht mit objektorientierten Entwurfs- und Programmierverfahren vertraut. Der hier verwendete objektorientierte Ansatz wird in der Literatur zur Entwicklung von Datenstrukturen und Algorithmen bisher wenig verwendet. Er hilft, Datenstrukturen und Algorithmen schrittweise zu entwickeln und verstAndlich darzustellen. AuAerdem bietet er erweiterte MAglichkeiten zur Wiederverwendung einmal entwickelter Datenstrukturen und Algorithmen. Das Buch enthAlt eine groAe Zahl von Programmbeispielen in Object Pascal. Diese bilden zusammen eine funktionsfAhige, vielseitig verwendbare Bibliothek zur Darstellung von Listen, BAumen und Graphen.