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ABSTRACT

1.INTRODUCTION

2.SUPERNOVAE AS DISTANCE INDICATORS

2.1.Type II Supernovae and the Expanding Photosphere Method

2.2.Type Ia Supernovae as Standardized Candles

3.COSMOLOGICAL PARAMETERS

4.MEASURING THE HUBBLE CONSTANT

5.THE MEASUREMENT OF ACCELERATION

5.1.Discovering SNIa

5.2.Obstacles to Measuring Luminosity Distances at High-Z

5.3.High Redshift SNIa Observations

6.THE FUTURE

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