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Article Contents

TITLE PAGE

15.1.INTRODUCTION

15.2.BASIC RELATIONS

15.3.THE "WORLD PICTURE" AND SOURCE EVOLUTION

15.4.SOURCE POPULATION DATA
15.4.1.The Local Luminosity Function
15.4.2.Source Counts
15.4.3.Spectral-Index Distributions
15.4.4.Redshift/Spectral-Index Diagrams
15.4.5.Redshift and Luminosity Distributions of Strong Sources
15.4.6.Optical Constraints

15.5.EVOLUTIONARY MODELS
15.5.1.Source Distribution Equations
15.5.2.Evolutionary Models of Radio Luminosity Functions

15.6.SOURCE SIZE EVOLUTION
15.6.1.The Angular Size-Redshift Relation
15.6.2.The Angular Size-Flux Density Data
15.6.3.Models of the Angular Size-Flux Density Relation

15.7.THE FAINT-SOURCE POPULATION

15.8.ISOTROPY AND HOMOGENEITY

15.9.COSMOLOGY MADE SIMPLE: THE SHELL MODEL

15.10.WHAT NEXT?

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