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The issue is uniqueness of representation by multiple trigonometric series. Two basic uniqueness questions arise: (i) about series which converge to zero (for single trigonometric series, this is answered by the Cantor (1870)-Lebesgue theorem), (ii) about series which converge to an integrable function (for single trigonometric series, this is answered by the de la Vallée-Poussin theorem (1912)). For multiple trigonometric series both questions are asked for each of the following four modes of convergence: unrestricted rectangular convergence, spherical convergence, square convergence, and restricted rectangular convergence. Thus, there are eight basic questions in each dimension. In all dimensions, both uniqueness theorems are valid both for unrestriced rectangular convergence and for spherical convergence. All the other questions are still open. The paper surveys the results achieved since 1974. In particular, the authors present a detailed proof of Bourgain's recent important spherical uniqueness theorem [\textit{J. Bourgain}, Int. Math. Res. Not. 1996, No. 3, 93-107 (1996; Zbl 0852.42004)]. They also point out several of the obstacles to further progress as well as raise five open problems at the end. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0872.00037].