Modeling pulse profiles of accreting millisecond pulsars

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I review the basic observational properties of accreting millisecond pulsars that are important for understanding the physics involved in formation of their pulse profiles.

• I then discuss main effects responsible for shaping these profiles.
• Some analytical results that help to understand the results of simulations are presented.
• Constraints on the pulsar geometry and the neutron star equation of state obtained from the analysis of the pulse profiles are discussed.