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Article Contents

TITLE PAGE

1.INTRODUCTION

2.SURVEYS AND DISCOVERIES

2.1.Giant Elliptical Galaxies

2.2.Giant Disk Galaxies

2.3.Sc/Irr Systems

2.4.Dwarf Ellipticals

3.LUMINOSITY FUNCTIONS

4.SPECIFIC FREQUENCY AND SPECIFIC LUMINOSITY

5.STRUCTURES AND DYNAMICS

6.COLOR GRADIENTS AND METALLICITIES

7.THEORETICAL ISSUES

7.1.Dynamical Effects and Evolution

7.2.Formation Models and Observational Constraints

8.SUMMARY

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