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ABSTRACT

1.INTRODUCTION

2.STELLAR DYNAMICS OF BULGES: COMPARISON WITH ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES

2.1.The Dynamical Importance of Rotation

2.2.Kinematic (Sub)Structure in Bulges and Elliptical Galaxies

3.CYLINDRICAL ROTATION IN BOX-SHAPED BULGES

4.SOME BULGES ARE REALLY DISKS

4.1.NGC 4736

4.2.NGC 4826

4.3.NGC 7457

4.4.Many "Bulges" Look as Flat as Disks

4.5.Nuclear Disks

4.6.Triaxial Disklike "Bulges" in Barred Galaxies

4.7."Bulges" Made of Population I Material

4.8.Conclusions

5.BUILDING "BULGES" BY SECULAR EVOLUTION. I. MAKING BULGELIKE DISKS BY BAR-DRIVEN INWARD GAS TRANSPORT

6.BUILDING "BULGES" BY SECULAR EVOLUTION. II. MAKING BOX-SHAPED BULGES BY BAR-DRIVEN VERTICAL DISK HEATING

7.CONCLUSION: OUR GALAXY

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