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读者对象：数学专业的研究生和相关专业的科研人员。

1.General Theory

 1.1.Definitions of C*-Algebras and W*-Algebras

 1.2.Commutative C*-Algebras

 1.3.Stonean Spaces

 1.4.Positive Elements of a C*-Algebra

 1.5.Positive Linear Functionais on a C*-Algebra

 1.6.Extreme Points in the Unit Sphere of a C*-Algebra

 1.7.The Weak Topology on a W*-Algebra

 1.8.Various Topologies on a W*-Algebra

 1.9.Kaplansky's Density Theorem

 1.10.Ideals in a W*-Algebra

 1.11.Spectral Resolution ofSelf-Adjoint Elements in a W*-Algebra

 1.12.The Polar Decomposition of Elements of a W*-Algebra

 1.13.Linear Functionals on a W*-Algebra

 1.14.Polar Decomposition of Linear Functionals on a W*-Algebra

 1.15.Concrete C*-Algebras and W*-Algebras

 1.16.The Representation Theorems for C*-Algebras and W*- Algebras

 1.17.The Second Dual of a O-Algebra

 1.18.Commutative W*-Algebras

 1.19.The C*-Algebra C of all Compact Linear Operators on a Hilbert Space

 1.20.The Commutation Theorem of yon Neumann

 1.21.*-Representations of C*-Algebras，1

 1.22.Tensor Products of C*-Algebras and W*-Algebras

 1.23.The Inductive Limit and Infinite Tensor Product of C*-Algebras

 1.24.Radon-Nikodym Theorems in W*-Algebras

2.Classification of W*-Algebras

 2.1.Equivalence of Projections and the Comparability Theorem

 2.2.Classification of W*-Algebras

 2.3.Type I W*-Algebras

 2.4.Finite W*-Algebras

 2.5.Traces and Criterions of Types

 2.6.Types of Tensor Products of W*-Algebras

 2.7.*-Representations of C*-Algebras and W*-Algebras，2

 2.8.The Commutation Theorem of Tensor Products

 2.9.Spatial Isomorphisms of W*-Algebras

3.Decomposition Theory

 3.1.Decompositions of States (Non-Separable Cases)

 3.2.Reduction Theory (Space-Free)

 3.3.Direct Integral of Hilbert Spaces

 3.4.Decomposition of States (Separable Cases)

 3.5.Central Decomposition of States (Separable Cases)

4.Special Topics

 4.1.Derivations and Automorphisms of C*-Algebras and W*- Algebras

 4.2.Examples of Factors，1 (General Construction)

 4.3.Examples of Factors，2 (Uncountable Families of Types Ⅱ1，Ⅱ and Ⅲ

 4.4.Examples of Factors，3 (Other Results and Problems)

 4.5.Global W*-Algebras (Non-Factors)

 4.6.Type I C*-Algebras

 4.7.On a Stone-Weierstrass Theorem for C*-Algebras

Bibliography

Subject Index

List of Symbols