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Article Contents

TITLE PAGE

1.INTRODUCTION

2. EQUILIBRIUM MODELS

2.1. Spherical and Axisymmetric Models

2.2. Triaxial Models without Figure Rotation

2.3. Separable Models

2.3.1. Orbital Structure

2.3.2. Self-Consistent Models

2.3.3. Maximum Streaming Models

2.3.4. Kinematics

2.4. Scale-free Models

2.5. Figure Rotation

2.6. Stability

2.7. Dissipationless Collapse

2.8. Conclusions

3.OBSERVATIONS

3.1 Global Relations

3.2. Rotation

3.3. Detailed Kinematics

3.3.1. Distinct Cores

3.3.2. Velocity Fields

3.4. Intrinsic Shapes

3.4.1. Minor Axis Rotation

3.4.2. Other Tests

3.4.3. Cold Gas

3.5. Mass-to-Light Ratios

3.5.1. Central Black Holes

3.5.2. Dark Matter

4. FORMATION PROCESSES

4.1. Which Processes Dominated at Galaxy Formation?

4.2. Mergers?

4.3. When did ellipticals form?

4.4. Galaxy Formation at z = 0?

5. FUTURE WORK

5.1. Equilibrium Models

5.2. Observations

5.3. Formation Processes

5.4. Evolution of Galaxies

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