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Article Contents

TITLE PAGE

1.INTRODUCTION

2.NUMBERS AND CATALOGS OF CLUSTERS

3.OBSERVED PROPERTIES OF CLUSTERS

3.1.Types of clusters

3.2.Galaxian content of clusters

3.3.The luminosity function and colors of cluster galaxies

3.4.Populations of clusters

3.5.Sizes and structures of clusters

3.6.Velocity dispersions in clusters

4.DYNAMICS OF CLUSTERS

4.1.General considerations

4.2.Masses of clusters

4.3.Formation and evolution of clusters

5.THE DISTRIBUTION OF CLUSTERS

5.1.The evidence for the local supercluster

5.2.Other evidence of second-order clusters

5.3.The large-scale distribution of clusters and the mean density of matter in the universe

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