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Undergraduate Course: Functional Analysis (MATH11135)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Mathematics CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course will cover the foundations of functional analysis in the context of normed linear spaces The Big Theorems (Hahn-Banach, Baire Category, Uniform Boundedness, Open Mapping and Closed Graph) will be presented and several applications will be analysed. The important notion of duality will be developed in Banach and Hilbert spaces and an introduction to spectral theory for compact operators will be given.
Course description - Review of linear spaces and their norms.
- The Hahn-Banach, Baire Category, Uniform Boundedness Principle, Open Mapping and Closed Graph theorems.
- Duality in Banach and Hilbert spaces.
- Spectral theory for compact operators on Hilbert spaces. Fredholm alternative.
- Weak topologies, Banach-Alaoglu and the Arzela-Ascoli theorem.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Honours Analysis (MATH10068) AND ( Linear Analysis (MATH10082) OR Linear and Fourier Analysis (MATH10081))
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Students MUST NOT also be taking Functional and Real Analysis (MATH11134)
Other requirements Students wishing to take both MATH11135 Functional Analysis and MATH11136 Real Analysis in the same academic session should register for the 20 credit course MATH11134 Functional and Real Analysis.
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
1. Facility with the main, big theorems of functional analysis.
2. Ability to use duality in various contexts and theoretical results from the course in concrete situations.
3. Capacity to work with families of applications appearing in the course, particularly specific calculations needed in the context of Baire Category.
4. Be able to produce examples and counterexamples illustrating the mathematical concepts presented in the course.
5. Understand the statements and proofs of important theorems and be able to explain the key steps in proofs, sometimes with variation.
Reading List
Recommended:

1. Functional Analysis, Sobolev Spaces and Partial Differential Equations, by Haim Brezis. Universitext, Springer.

2. Elements of Functional Analysis, by Robert Zimmer, University of
Chicago Lecture Series.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsFAna
Contacts
Course organiserDr Thomas Leinster
Tel: (0131 6)50 5057
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Course secretaryMrs Alison Fairgrieve
Tel: (0131 6)50 5045
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