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	1 Introduction
	2 The observed sample
	3 The source model and the log-likelihood function
	4 Background model and point source model
	5 The maximum likelihood equations
	6 Statistical errors for the source parameter estimates
	7 Numerical solution of the ML equations
	8 Example of and tests on the MLE of point sources
	9 Discussion
	10 Conclusions
	11 Appendix: EXSAS aids for the ML source parameter estimation in ROSAT data
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