Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 1991. 29: 499-541 Copyright © 1991 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved

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Key Words: cosmology, galaxies: clustering, radial velocities, luminosity function

Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• OVERVIEW
• OBSERVATIONS AND SURVEY STRATEGIES
• Pencil-Beam Surveys
• 2-D Surveys
• 3-D Surveys
• Sparse Surveys
• Targeted Surveys
• Observations of Clusters
• INSTRUMENTATION AND OBSERVING TECHNIQUES
• Multiple-Object Optical Spectroscopy
• Radio Techniques
• Future Developments
• AN EVOLVING PICTURE OF THE UNIVERSE
• Topology and Fair Samples
• The Distribution of Dark Matter
• The Luminosity Function and Field Galaxy Evolution
• Structure and Dynamics of Clusters
• Controversies and Quantization
• THE REDSHIFT INDUSTRY: A PROMISING PROSPECTUS
• REFERENCES

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