16:640:508

Spring 2026

Maxime Van De Moortel

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Course Description:

The course will cover more advanced topics in Functional Analysis and will include the following topics:

Part I: Functional Analysis for PDEs (Variational and Nonlinear Methods)

Distributions and Sobolev Spaces
• Linear Variational Problems
• Nonlinear Problems and Fixed-Point Theorems
Part II: Operator Theory and Evolution Problems

Bounded and Unbounded Operator Theory
• Semigroups of Operators (Hille-Yosida Theory)
• Applications to Evolution Equations
Part III: Harmonic Analysis

Interpolation Theory
• Littlewood-Paley Theory
• Calderón-Zygmund Theory

Textbook:

#1. Haim Brezis, Functional Analysis, Sobolev Spaces and Partial Differential Equations. #2. Sergiu Klainerman, Lecture Notes in Analysis

Prerequisites:

507 or 501 and permission of the instructor.