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TITLE PAGE

1.SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES AND THE AGN PARADIGM

2.MEASURING AGN MASSES: DIRECT METHODS

2.1.Kinematics of Optical Emission Lines

2.2.Kinematics of Radio Masers

3.MEASURING AGN MASSES: INDIRECT METHODS

3.1.Fitting the Spectra of Accretion Disks

3.2.Virial Masses from Optical Variability

3.3.X-Ray Variability

4.SUMMARY AND PROSPECTUS

5.SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING