Algebraic Methods in Functional Analysis

This volume comprises the proceedings of the Conference on Operator Theory and its Applications held in Gothenburg, Sweden, April 26-29, 2011. The conference was held in honour of Professor Victor Shulman on the occasion of his 65th birthday. The papers included in the volume covera large variety of topics, among them the theory of operator ideals, linear preservers, C*-algebras, invariant subspaces, non-commutative harmonic analysis, and quantum groups, andreflect recent developments in these areas. The book consists of bothoriginal research papers and high quality survey articles, allofwhich werecarefully refereed.