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ABSTRACT

1.INTRODUCTION

2.PROPERTIES OF SUPERNOVAE

2.1.Supernova Types

2.2.Radio Properties

2.3.Supernova Rates

2.4.Cosmological Applications

3.SUPERNOVA 1987A IN THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD

3.1.The Early Story

3.2.SN 1987A Progenitor Star

3.3.Explosive Nucleosynthesis

3.4.HST Observations

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