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Table of Contents

• An algebraic prelude
• Continuity of automorphisms and derivations
• \(C^*\)-algebra axiomatics and basic results
• Derivations of \(C^*\)-algebras
• Homogeneous \(C^*\)-algebras
• CCR-algebras
• \(W^*\) and \(AW^*\)-algebras
• Miscellany
• Mappings preserving invertible elements
• Nonassociativity
• Bibliography