V predlagaemoj knige izlagaetsya teoriya kommutativnyh normirovannyh kolets s ee primeneniyami k analizu i topologii. V kontse knigi v vide prilozheniya vosproizvedena statya I.M.Gelfanda i M.A.Najmarka "Normirovannye koltsa s involyutsiej i ih predstavleniya," moguschaya sluzhit vvedeniem v teoriyu nekommutativnyh normirovannyh kolets s involyutsiej.Kniga rasschitana na matematikov (studentov starshih kursov, aspirantov i nauchnyh rabotnikov), zanimayuschihsya funktsionalnym analizom i ego prilozheniyami.
Israel Moiseevich Gelfand, also written Israïl Moyseyovich Gel'fand, or Izrail M. Gelfand (Yiddish: ישראל געלפֿאַנד, Russian: Израиль Моисеевич Гельфанд; 2 September [O.S. 20 August] 1913 – 5 October 2009) was a prominent Soviet mathematician. He made significant contributions to many branches of mathematics, including group theory, representation theory and functional analysis. The recipient of many awards, including the Order of Lenin and the Wolf Prize, he was a Fellow of the Royal Society and professor at Moscow State University and, after immigrating to the United States shortly before his 76th birthday, at Rutgers University.