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Progress in determining rotation rates of Algol primary stars from light curves is assessed. Included are elementary ideas on why the new method works, how to carry out solutions, and how and when to apply the constraint on rotational lobe filling. Some comments are made on desirable improvements for measuring rotation from line broadening. A few remarks are made about the problem of identifying likely fast rotating Algols.

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Wilson, R.E. New ways to rotation rates. Space Sci Rev 50, 235–243 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00215933

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