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Article Contents

TITLE PAGE

1.INTRODUCTION

2. OVERVIEW

3. OBSERVATIONS AND SURVEY STRATEGIES

3.1. Pencil-Beam Surveys

3.2. 2-D Surveys

3.3. 3-D Surveys

3.4. Sparse Surveys

3.5. Targeted Surveys

3.6. Observations of Clusters

4. INSTRUMENTATION AND OBSERVING TECHNIQUES

4.1. Multiple-Object Optical Spectroscopy

4.2. Radio Techniques

4.3. Future Developments

5. AN EVOLVING PICTURE OF THE UNIVERSE

5.1. Topology and Fair Samples

5.2. The Distribution of Dark Matter

5.3. The Luminosity Function and Field Galaxy Evolution

5.4. Structure and Dynamics of Clusters

5.5. Controversies and Quantization

6. THE REDSHIFT INDUSTRY: A PROMISING PROSPECTUS

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