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The purpose of this paper is to give an overview of nonclassical Calderón-Zygmund theory dealing with operators which are invariant under some dilation groups. First, the author presents some features concerning the theory for operators which are invariant under dilations as \[ (x_1,\ldots,x_n)\in \mathbb{R}^n\to (\delta_1x_1,\ldots,\delta_nx_n),\qquad \delta_1,\ldots,\delta_n>0. \tag{1} \] It is for instance the case of the strong maximal function and the multiple Hilbert transform. The theory, corresponding to these dilations \((1)\), has been developed by many authors as \textit{S. Y. Chang} and \textit{R. Fefferman} [Ann. Math., II. Ser. 126, 109-130 (1987; Zbl 0644.42017)], \textit{J.-L. Journe} [Rev. Mat. Iberoam. 1, No. 3, 55-91 (1985; Zbl 0634.42015)]. Next, the author gives ideas behind the theory for operators which are invariant under dilations as \[ (x_1,x_2,x_3)\in \mathbb{R}^3\to (\delta_1x_1,\delta_2x_2, \delta_1\delta_2x_3),\qquad \delta_1,\delta_2>0. \tag{2} \] The corresponding maximal function was previously introduced by A. Zygmund. And the singular integrals associated with dilations \((2)\) were considered by \textit{F. Ricci} and \textit{E. M. Stein} [Ann. Inst. Fourier 42, No. 3, 637-670 (1992; Zbl 0760.42008)] in connection with problems involving singular integrals along surfaces. The results presented in this paper are essentially due to recent joint work by the author and \textit{J. Pipher} [Am. J. Math. 119, No. 2, 337-369 (1997; Zbl 0877.42004)]. The text might be a valuable material for unfamiliarized readers willing to grasp features about Calderón-Zygmund theory for operators invariant under nonclassical dilation groups. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0932.00088].