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Article Contents

TITLE PAGE

1.INTRODUCTION

2.CORES AND NUCLEI

2.1.Summary of Core Properties

2.2.Nuclei

3.DYNAMICAL SUBSYSTEMS IN GALAXY CORES: EVIDENCE FOR MERGERS

4.DUST IN ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES

4.1.Frequency of Occurrence of Dust

4.2.Origin of Dust: Further Evidence for Galaxy Mergers

4.3.Three-Dimensional Shapes of Ellipticals Containing Dust

4.4.Dust and the Distinction Between E and SO Galaxies

5.SHELLS AND RIPPLES

6.SUMMARY: SECULAR EVOLUTION BY ACCRETION

7.BRIGHTNESS PROFILES AND TIDAL EFFECTS

7.1.Do Elliptical Galaxies Have r^1/4 -Law Brightness Profiles?

7.2.Tidal Effects

8.PARAMETER CORRELATIONS AND SCALING LAWS

8.1.Families of Ellipsoidal Stellar Systems

8.2.Correlations With Galaxy Luminosity

8.3.Multiparameter Correlations: the "Fundamental Plane" of Elliptical Galaxies

8.4.Uses and Interpretation of the Fundamental Plane

9.ISOPHOTE SHAPES

10.COLORS AND COLOR GRADIENTS

11.cD AND BRIGHTEST CLUSTER GALAXIES

12.CONCLUSION

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