This textbook on functional analysis offers a short and concise introduction to the subject. The book is designed in such a way as to provide a smooth transition between elementary and advanced topics and its modular structure allows for an easy assimilation of the content. Starting from a dedicated chapter on the axiom of choice, subsequent chapters cover Hilbert spaces, linear operators, functionals and duality, Fourier series, Fourier transform, the fixed point theorem, Baire categories, the uniform bounded principle, the open mapping theorem, the closed graph theorem, the HahnBanach theorem, adjoint operators, weak topologies and reflexivity, operators in Hilbert spaces, spectral theory of operators in Hilbert spaces, and compactness. Each chapter ends with workable problems.
The book is suitable for graduate students, but also for advanced undergraduates, in mathematics and physics.

Contents:
List of Figures
Basic Notation
Choice Principles
Hilbert Spaces
Completeness, Completion and Dimension
Linear Operators
Functionals and Dual Spaces
Fourier Series
Fourier Transform
Fixed Point Theorem
Baire Category Theorem
Uniform Boundedness Principle
Open Mapping Theorem
Closed Graph Theorem
HahnBanach Theorem
The Adjoint Operator
Weak Topologies and Reflexivity
Operators in Hilbert Spaces
Spectral Theory of Operators on Hilbert Spaces
Compactness
Bibliography
Index

Autorentext

Gerardo Chacón, Gallaudet University, DC, USA.
Humberto Rafeiro, Juan Vallejo, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia.