This book describes the recent development in the structure theory of von Neumann algebras and their automorphism groups. It can be viewed as a guided tour to the state of the art.

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Table of Contents

• Introduction
• I. Noncommutative integration
• II. General theory of crossed products and duality
• III. Structure of factors of type III
• IV. Connes' theory of injective factors and automorphisms
• References