Homomorphisms and derivations in -algebras.
How to solve an operator equation.
This article summarizes a series of lectures delivered at the Mathematics Department of the University of Leipzig, Germany, in April 1991, which were to overview techniques for solving operator equations on C*-algebras connected with methods developed in a Spanish-German research project on "Structure and Applications of C*-Algebras of Quotients" (SACQ). One of the researchers in this project was Professor Pere Menal until his unexpected death this April. To his memory this paper shall be dedicated....