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ABSTRACT

1.INTRODUCTION

2.SYNTHETIC STELLAR POPULATIONS

3.ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES IN THE LOCAL UNIVERSE

3.1.Color-Magnitude Relation, Fundamental-Plane and Line-Indices

3.2.Ellipticals Versus Spiral Bulges

3.3.Summary of the Low-Redshift (Fossil) Evidence

4.ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES AT HIGH REDSHIFT

4.1.Cluster Ellipticals Up to z ~ 1

4.2.Field versus Cluster Ellipticals up to z ~ 1

4.3.Ellipticals Beyond z ~ 1.3

4.4.Evolution of the Number Density of ETGs to z ~ 1 and Beyond

5.CATCHING ELLIPTICALS IN FORMATION

6.EPILOGUE

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