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Article Contents

ABSTRACT

1.INTRODUCTION

2.GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SURVEYS AND DEEP FIELDS

3.SKY SURVEYS

3.1.Photographic surveys

3.2.APM

3.3.DSS and DPOSS

3.4.2MASS

3.5.2dF and 6dF

3.6.SDSS

4.DEEP FIELDS

4.1.WHDF

4.2.HDF

4.3.CDF

4.4.FDF

4.5.SDF and SXDS

4.6.COMBO-17

4.7.GOODS

4.8.HUDF

4.9.Other projects

5.SOME RESULTS

5.1.Galaxy counts

5.2.Galaxy distribution

5.3.Evolution of the luminosity function

5.4.Evolution of the galaxy structure

5.5.The most distant galaxies

5.6.History of star formation in the Universe

6.CONCLUSION

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