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7. NEXT STEPS

In looking ahead, we can see that important next steps in this field include:

If, in the end, we can match the observational data for AGNs over their entire redshift range to the local mass function of black holes in galaxies, we will have made a significant leap in our understanding of the coevolution of black holes and galaxies.


Acknowledgements. I am grateful to Eric Monier for assistance with the preparation of this article, especially the figures, and to David Weinberg, Marianne Vestergaard, Brad Peterson, and the anonymous referee for valuable comments on the first drafts. I thank the organizers for the opportunity to speak at the meeting.

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