Table of Contents:
  • part I Banach Algebras / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 1 Review on Functional Analysis / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 2 Banach Algebras and the Invertible Group / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 3 The Spectrum / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 4 Multiplicative Linear Functionals / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 5 The Gelfand Transform and Applications / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 6 Examples of Maximal Ideal Spaces / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 7 Non-Unital Banach Algebras / Kehe Zhu
  • part II C*-Algebras / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 8 C*-Algebras / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 9 Commutative C*-Algebras / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 10 The Spectral Theorem and Applications / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 11 Further Applications / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 12 Polar Decomposition / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 13 Positive Linear Functionals and States / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 14 The GNS Construction / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 15 Non-Unital C*-Algebras / Kehe Zhu
  • part III Von Neumann Algebras / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 16 Strong- and Weak-Operator Topologies / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 17 Existence of Projections / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 18 The Double Commutant Theorem / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 19 The Kaplansky Density Theorem / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 20 The Borel Functional Calculus / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 21 L∞ as a von Neumann Algebra / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 22 Abelian von Neumann Algebras / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 23 The L∞-Functional Calculus / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 24 Equivalence of Projections / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 25 A Partial Ordering / Kehe Zhu
  • chapter 26 Type Decomposition / Kehe Zhu.