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A differentiation \(d\) on an algebra \(A(+,\cdot)\) is a linear operator \(d:A\to A\) satisfying \(d(x\cdot y)= dx\cdot y+x\cdot dy\) for every \(x,y\in D(d)\) where \(D(d)\) is a subalgebra of \(A\). The author considers extensions of the algebra \(A\) to a larger algebra \(G\) with differentiation \(\partial\), so that \(\ker d=\ker\partial\). A typical example of this situation is as follows. Let \(E'\) be some space of distributions and let \(A\) be an algebra densely embedded in \(E'\) consisting of infinitely differentiable functions. One wants to construct a new algebra \(G\) and a linear embedding \(j: E'\to G\) such that \(A\) is embedded as an algebra, i.e., \(j(ab)= j(a)j(b)\) for \(a,b\in A\). The author contemplates possible solutions to this problem in more general setting: \(E'\) is a Hausdorff topological vector space and \(A\) is a locally convex algebra everywhere densely embedded in \(E'\). He establishes a certain relation between this problem and the theory of generalized stochastic processes. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0918.00026].