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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0722.00013.] This note is a survey of results in the theory of envelopes of holomorphy of domains in \({\mathbb{C}}^ n\). In the first two sections, the univalence of the envelopes of holomorphy is discussed. An interesting recent result of the second author is cited: if \(\Omega\subset D\) are domains in \({\mathbb{C}}^ n\) with \(D\) a domain of holomorphy, and if there exists a continuous map \(F: [0,1]\times D\rightarrow{\mathbb{C}}^ n\) such that (i) each \(F(t,.)\) is holomorphic, (ii) \(F(0,.)=Id\), (iii) each \(F(t,.)\) maps \(\Omega\) into itself, (iv) \(F(1,.)\) maps \(D\) into \(\Omega\), then the envelope of holomorphy of \(\Omega\) is univalent. Section 3 is concerned with characterizing domains of holomorphy over \({\mathbb{C}}^ n\) which are envelopes of univalent domains. Section 4 lists some open problems regarding bounded domains with smooth boundary.