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ABSTRACT

1.INTRODUCTION

2.GENERAL OVERVIEW OF SUPERNOVAE

2.1.Spectra

2.2.Light Curves

2.3.Environments and Progenitors

3.TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE

3.1.Spectral Evolution

3.2.Homogeneity

3.3.Heterogeneity

3.4.Cosmological Uses of SNe Ia

3.5.Hydrogen in Spectra of SNe Ia

4.TYPE Ib AND Ic SUPERNOVAE

4.1.Historical Development

4.2.SNe Ib: Spectral Evolution

4.3.Type Ic Spectral Evolution

4.4.Is There Helium in SNe Ic?

5.TYPE II SUPERNOVAE

5.1.Type II-P Supernovae

5.2.Supernova 1987A

5.3.Type II-L Supernovae

5.4.Type IIn Supernovae

5.5.Links Between SNe II and SNe Ib/Ic

6.FINAL REMARKS

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