16:640:507

Fall 2023

Fioralba Cakoni

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Course Description:

This course will cover fundamental topics of linear functional analysis. Topics include (but not limited to): The Hahn-Banach Theorems, The Uniform Boundedness Principle and Closed Graph Theorems, Weak Topologies, Reflexive Spaces, Separable Spaces, Uniform Convexity, Hilbert Spaces, Compact Operators, Spectral Theory for Compact and Selfadjoint Operators.

Textbook:

Functional Analysis, Sobolev Spaces and Partial Differential Equations, by Haïm Brézis

Prerequisites:

Math 501, Math 502