1 INTRODUCTION

2 MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD GAUSSIAN FIT
2.1 Motivation
2.2 Least-Squares Regression Bias
2.3 3D Gaussian Likelihood Function
2.4 Likelihood Function Optimisation
2.5 Selection Criteria and Fitting

3 6DFGS FUNDAMENTAL PLANE DATA AND SAMPLE

4 MOCK GALAXY FP SAMPLES

5 THE FUNDAMENTAL PLANE

6 ENVIRONMENT AND THE FUNDAMENTAL PLANE

7 MORPHOLOGY AND THE FUNDAMENTAL PLANE

8 DISCUSSION
8.1 The Fundamental Plane as a 3D Gaussian
8.2 Fundamental Plane scatter
8.3 Distance errors
8.4 The Fundamental Plane in κ-space
8.5 Fundamental Plane residual trends

9 CONCLUSION