An overview of helio- and asteroseismology

Abstract
The purpose of the present paper is to give an introduction to the nomenclature, and a few of the results, of helio- and asteroseismology. It is hoped that this may provide a useful background for the more specialized reviews, and the contributed papers, in these proceedings. Other recent, general reviews are, e.g., Deubner & Gough (1984), Leibacher et al (1985), and Christensen-Dalsgaard et al (1985a).