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Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• AN INTRODUCTION TO THE DATA
• BASIC PRINCIPLES
• Some Nomenclature
• Circular Lenses
• Non-Circular Lenses
• THE MASS DISTRIBUTIONS OF GALAXIES
• Common Models for the Monopole
• The Effective Single Screen Lens
• Constraining the Monopole
• The Angular Structure of Lenses
• Constraining Angular Structure
• Model Fitting and the Mass Distribution of Lenses
• Non-Parametric Models
• Statistical Constraints on Mass Distributions
• Stellar Dynamics and Lensing
• TIME DELAYS
• A General Theory of Time Delays
• Time Delay Lenses in Groups or Clusters
• Observing Time Delays and Time Delay Lenses
• Results: The Hubble Constant and Dark Matter
• The Future of Time Delay Measurements
• GRAVITATIONAL LENS STATISTICS
• The Mechanics of Surveys
• The Lens Population
• Cross Sections
• Optical Depth
• Spiral Galaxy Lenses
• Magnification Bias
• Cosmology With Lens Statistics
• The Current State
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CLUSTER LENSES?
• The Effects of Halo Structure and the Power Spectrum
• Binary Quasars
• THE ROLE OF SUBSTRUCTURE
• Low Mass Dark Halos
• THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF LENS GALAXIES
• The Interstellar Medium of Lens Galaxies
• EXTENDED SOURCES AND QUASAR HOST GALAXIES
• An Analytic Model for Einstein Rings
• Numerical Models of Extended Lensed Sources
• Lensed Quasar Host Galaxies
• DOES STRONG LENSING HAVE A FUTURE?
• REFERENCES