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ABSTRACT

1.INTRODUCTION

2.THE TRUE POPULATION OF GALAXIES

2.1.Surface Brightness Selection and Galaxy Visibility

2.2.The Local Galaxy Luminosity Function

3.SURVEYS OF LSB GALAXIES

3.1.Photographic Surveys

3.2.CCD Surveys

4.THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LSB GALAXIES

4.1.Light and Matter in the Universe

4.2.Galaxy Evolution

4.3.Implications for Quasar Absorption

4.4.Galaxy Formation

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