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Article Contents
1 Introduction
2 Equations for coronagraphy with circular apodized apertures
3 Circular prolate spheroidal functions as apodization functions solution to the coronagraphic problem
4 Comparison between square and cicular prolate apodized aperture with Lyot coronagraph
5 Discussion
Appendix A: Formalism for the coronagraphy of circular apertures
Appendix B: Circular prolate functions
Appendix C: Computation of the circular prolate functions
References

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