Topics in modern operator theory

On Closed Operator Algebras Generated by Analytic Functional Calculi.- A Conjecture Concerning the Pure States of B(H) and a Related Theorem.- A C*-Algebra Approach to the Cowen-Douglas Theory.- On Periodic Distribution Groups.- On the Smoothness of Elements of Ext.- Triviality Theorems for Hilbert Modules.- Exact Controllability and Spectrum Assignment.- Generalized Derivations.- Commutants Modulo the Compact Operators of Certain CSL Algebras.- Similarity of Operator Blocks and Canonical Forms. II. Infinite Dimensional Case and Wiener-Hopf Factorization.- Unitary Orbits of Power Partial Isometries and Approximation by Block-Diagonal Nilpotents.- Isomorphisms of Automorphism Groups of Type II Factors.- A Spectral Residuum for Each Closed Operator.- Two Applications of Hankel Operators.- A Rohlin Type Theorem for Groups Acting on von Neumann Algebras.- Derivations of C*-Algebras which Are Invariant Under an Automorphism Group.- Remarks on Ideals of the Calkin-Algebra for Certain Singular Extensions.- Modelling by L2-Bounded Analytic Functions.- The Maximal Function of Doubly Commuting Contractions.- Remarks on Hilbert-Schmidt Perturbations of Almost - Normal Operators.- Derivation Ranges: Open Problems.