This book provides a unique path for graduate or advanced undergraduate students to begin studying the rich subject of functional analysis with fewer prerequisites than is normally required. The text begins with a self-contained and highly efficient introduction to topology and measure theory, which focuses on the essential notions required for the study of functional analysis, and which are often buried within full-length overviews of the subjects. This is particularly useful for those in applied mathematics, engineering, or physics who need to have a firm grasp of functional analysis, but not necessarily some of the more abstruse aspects of topology and measure theory normally encountered. The reader is assumed to only have knowledge of basic real analysis, complex analysis, and algebra.

The latter part of the text provides an outstanding treatment of Banach space theory and operator theory, covering topics not usually found together in other books on functional analysis. Written in a clear, concise manner, and equipped with a rich array of interesting and important exercises and examples, this book can be read for an independent study, used as a text for a two-semester course, or as a self-contained reference for the researcher.

Tailored to novice mathematicians and non-specialists who wish to learn functional analysis with minimal prerequisites Contains many interesting examples and challenging exercises Covers a selection of topics that, while decades old, are of lasting value to both pure and applied mathematics Presents an outstanding treatment of Banach spaces and operator theory, being written by a specialist in these areas

Autorentext
Douglas Farenick is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Regina in Canada, specializing in operator theory.

Inhalt
Preface.- Topological Spaces.- Topological Spaces with Special Properties.- Measure Theory.- Integration.- Banach Spaces.- Dual Spaces.- Convexity.- Banach Space Operators.- Spectral Theory in Banach Algebras.- Hilbert Space Operators.- Algebras of Hilbert Space Operators.- References.- Index.