Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 1991. 29: 499-541 Copyright © 1991 by Annual Reviews Inc. All rights reserved

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Key Words: cosmology, galaxies: clustering, radial velocities, luminosity function

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

OVERVIEW

OBSERVATIONS AND SURVEY STRATEGIES

Pencil-Beam Surveys

2-D Surveys

3-D Surveys

Sparse Surveys

Targeted Surveys

Observations of Clusters

INSTRUMENTATION AND OBSERVING TECHNIQUES

Multiple-Object Optical Spectroscopy

Radio Techniques

Future Developments

AN EVOLVING PICTURE OF THE UNIVERSE

Topology and Fair Samples

The Distribution of Dark Matter

The Luminosity Function and Field Galaxy Evolution

Structure and Dynamics of Clusters

Controversies and Quantization

THE REDSHIFT INDUSTRY: A PROMISING PROSPECTUS

REFERENCES

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