Introduction.- Algebraic approach to quantum theory.- Algebraic quantum mechanics.- Causality.- Haag-Kastler axioms.- pAQFT axioms.- LCQFT.- Kinematical structure.- The space of field configurations.- Functionals on the configuration space.- Fermionic field configurations.- Vector fields.- Functorial interpretation.- Classical theory.- Dynamics.- Natural Lagrangians.- Homological characterization of the solution space.- The net of topological Poisson algabras.- Analogy with classical mechanics.- Deformation quantization.- Star products.- The star product on the space of multivector fields.- Kähler structure.- Interaction.- Outline of the approach.- Scatering matrix and time ordered products.- Renormalization group.- Interacting local nets.- Explicit construction.- Gauge theories.- Classical gauge theory.- Gauge-fixing.- BV formalism.- Effective quantum gravity.- From LCQFT to quantum gravity.- Dynamics and symmetries.- Linearized theory.- Quantization.- Relational observables.- Background independence.
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