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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2015
Considerations regarding the evolutionary path of the main sequence stars depend essentially on the theorem of Vogt-Russell. According to this theorem the structure of stars with thermonuclear sources of energy is determined uniquely by their masses and chemical composition, as characterised by the mean molecular weight X, Y, Z being the relative amounts of hydrogen, helium and of the mixture of the heavy elements.