Books by Masamichi Takesaki

Together with Theory of Operator Algebras I and III, this book presents the theory of von Neumann algebras and non-commutative integration focusing on the group of automorphisms and the structure analysis.

From the reviews: "These three bulky volumes [EMS 124, 125, 127] [...] provide an introduction to this rapidly developing theory. [...] These books can be warmly recommended to every graduate student who wants to become acquainted with this exciting branch of mathematics. Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum