Linear Analysis (Real Analysis III, Introductory Functional Analysis)
Math 502
Fall 2007

Instructor: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Henri Schurz
AG 168 on Mon - Wed - Fri at 10 - 11 am
(core-time for 3 credits)
Location: AG 168
Office Hours in 2007: Neckers 265, MWF 11:00-12:55pm
(Last Update: 10/31/07)



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Current Course Outline (Need to be Revised, Last Update: 10/31/07):

    Week 2 : partial and total orderings, Zorns lemma, Hamel basis, (relative) compactness, separable spaces, Characterization of Finite-dimensional Spaces: Riesz theorem of almost vertical, closedness of subspaces, compactness and finite-dimensionality, equivalence of all norms, elliptic, max, sum and Euclidean norms, example of unit balls
    Week 3 : Introduction to Hilbert Spaces: bilinear form, scalar product, fundamental properties, unitary spaces, notion of real and complex Hilbert space, Schwarz inequality, continuity of scalar product, projection theorems I + II, orthogonal systems, orthonormal systems (ONS), orthogonal complement, parallelogram law, Pythagoras theorem,
    Week 4 : Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization procedure, Fourier coefficients, Fourier series, examples of ONS (Fourier, Legendre, Hermite, Laguerre, Jacobi, Chebyshev), Fourier decomposition, direct orthogonal sum, Bessel inequality, convergence characterization of series in Hilbert spaces, Parseval identity
    Week 5 : Further General Inequalities in Banach Spaces: Youngs, Hoelder, Generalized Hoelder, Minkowski, Generalized Minkowski, Lyapunov, Jensens inequalities, Fixed Point Principles: Contractions, nonexpansive and Lipschizian mappings, defect inequality, uniform continuity of Lipschitzian mappings, Banach's contraction mapping principle (CMP), method of successive approximation
    Week 6 : Proof of Banach's CMP, application to one-sided Lipschitz ODEs, existence and uniqueness of global solutions of IVPs, Shilovs closedness of fixed points, generalized Banach's CMP, Riedrichs FPT, Weissingers FPT, Application to existence of unique local solutions of IVPs, Picard-Lindeloef theorem, generalized contractions, Krasnoselskii's FPT
    Week 7 : Istratescu's FPT of nonexpansive mappings, Kakutanis FPT (1941), Zeidler's concept of retractions and retracts, Brouwer's FPT (1912), example of Kakutani (1943), Kakutanis maspping, approximation operator for compact mappings, epsilon-nets and compactness, compact mappings, Schauders FPTs (1927)
    Week 8 : II. Major Theorems of Linear and Functional Analysis: Linear Operators and Linear Functionals: Basic definitions, commutative and noncommutative operators, operator products, operator sums, operator norm, characterization theorems of continuous linear operators, linear spaces C^0(V1,V2) and L(V1,V2), uniform convergence
    Week 9 : Banach space C^0(V1,V2), concept of Banach algebras, further characterization of bounded linear operators, Banach-Steinhaus Theorem, principle of uniform boundedness, strong convergence, Baires lemma (Baires category theorem)
    Week 10 : Inverse operators, invertibility, linearity of inverses, boundedness of inverses, series representation, continuity of inverses, Banachs open mapping theorem, Banachs closed graph theorem, derivative operator as unbounded operator
    Week 11 : Linear Functionals and Transforms: Concept of a linear functional, continuity, linearity, Dirac functional, projection functional, norm functional, subadditivity, homogeneity, conjugate-linear functionals, null space of functionals, representation theorem using linear functionals, subspace character of null spaces, Minkowski functional, convex functionals
    Week 12 : Major Theorems of Functional Analysis: Hahn-Banach-Theorem, separation theorems, Riesz Theorem, applications to PDEs, dual spaces, reflexive spaces
    Week 13 : Adjoint operators, self-adjoint operators, bounded operators on Hilbert spaces, spectral theory and positive operators, spectral representation of self-adjoint operators, unbounded operators
    Week 14 : Thanksgiving Break
    Week 15 : Applications to Volterra Equations, Integral Equations of Fredholm-type, Interpolation, Approximation Theory, Energy Operator, Neumann Series
    Week 16 : Project Presentations, Stone-Weierstrass Theorem, Arzela-Ascoli Theorem, Tychonoffs Theorem
    Further Interesting Related Topics / Miscallanea .....


Read this Without Tears: WHAT IS EXPECTED OF YOU (From "Teaching at the University Level" by Stephen Zucker, Notices Amer. Math. Soc. 43 (1996), p. 863))

25 Further Introductory Readings To Real Analysis, Measure and Integration -Theory For The BEYOND-THE-HORIZON Student (optional, for those they want to have profound readings I recommend to work through this list, and make your personal preferences, but do not expect to understand them all immediately):

  • 1. M. Adams and V. Guillemin: Measure Theory and Probability, Birkhaeuser, Boston, 1996 [Probabilistic Touch].
  • 2. R.G. Bartle: The Elements of Integration and Lebesgue Measure, Wiley, New York, 1966 [Jumps Immediately into Measurable Functions and Real Calculations, Late Use of Set Algebra Concepts].
  • 3. H. Bauer: Mass- und Integrationstheorie, de Gruyter, Berlin, 1992 (German, 2nd edition) [Good Easy and Compact Reading].
  • 4. J. Bellach, P. Franken, E. Warmuth and W. Warmuth: Mass und Integral und Bedingter Erwartungswert, Unknown Binding, Berlin, 1978 (German) [Probabilistic Touch].
  • 5. P. Billingsley: Probability and Measure, Wiley, New York, 1986 [Very Probabilistic Touch]
  • 6. J.L. Doob: Measure Theory, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1994 [Classic].
  • 7. J. Elstrodt: Mass- und Integrationstheorie, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 1996 (German) [Interesting].
  • 8. G.B. Folland: Real Analysis: Modern Techniques and Their Applications, Wiley, New York, 1999 (2nd edition) [State-of-the-Art].
  • 9. H.L. Royden, Real Analysis, 3rd Edition, Macmillan, New York, 1988 [Basics of Real Analysis and Measure Theory, But Some Depth Missing].
  • 10. N.B. Haaser and J.A. Sullivan: Real Analysis, Dover, New York, 1991 [Easy to Read].
  • 11. P.R. Halmos: Measure Theory, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1950 [Classic].
  • 12. H. Koenig: Measure and Integration: An Advanced Course in Basic Procedures and Applications, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1997 [Not So Easy Reading, State-of-the-Art].
  • 13. A.N. Kolmogorov and S.V. Fomin: Introductory Real Analysis, Dover, New York, 1975 [Comprehensive, Elementary Introduction, Well-Structured]
  • 14. A.N. Kolmogorov and S.V. Fomin: Measure, Lebesgue Integrals and Hilbert Space, New York / London, 1961 [Functional-Analytic].
  • 15. H. Michel: Mass und Integrationstheorie, Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin, 1978 (German) [Interesting].
  • 16. I.P. Natanson: Theorie der Funktion einer reellen Veraenderlichen, Verlag Harri Deutsch Thun, Frankfurt/Main, 1981 (German, Original from Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, 1975) [Excellent, Elementary, Easy to Read].
  • 17. W. Rudin: Principles of Mathematical Analysis, McGraw-Hill, St. Louis, 1976 [Real Analysis I: Standard Introduction to Real Numbers and Real Functions]
  • 18. W. Rudin: Real and Complex Analysis, McGraw-Hill, St. Louis, 1987 [Good Continuation of Standard Material, Extension to Complex Case]
  • 19. W. Rudin: Functional Analysis, McGraw-Hill, St. Louis, 1991 [Elements of Real Analysis III: Banach Algebras, Spectral Theory and Fourier Transforms]
  • 20. G.P. Tolstow: Mass und Integral, Akademie Verlag, Berlin, 1991 (German) [Easy to Read]
  • 21. H. Triebel: Analysis and Mathematical Physics, Reidel Publ. Co, Dordrecht, 1986 (Original From Teubner, Leipzig, 1986) [A Must for Any Mathematician - Biblic Character].
  • 22. A.C. Zaanen: Linear Analysis: Measure and Integral, Banach and Hilbert Space, Linear Integral Equations, Unknown Binding [Only Used Available].
  • 23. A.C. Zaanen: Introduction to the Theory of Integration, North-Holland Pub. Co, Amsterdam, 1958 [Classic Integration].
  • 24. B.R. Gelbaum and J.M.H. Olmsted: Counterexamples in Analysis, Dover, Mew York, 2003 (ISBN 0-486-42875-3) [Real Number Examples].
  • 25. K.J. Arrow and M.D. Intriligator (eds): Handbook of Mathematical Economy, Vol. 1, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1981 [Applications of Measures and Concepts of Metric Spaces to Economics].


  • 40 Further Introductory Readings To Measure-Theory-Based Probability and Stochastic Processes For The BEYOND-THE-HORIZON Student (optional, for those they want to have profound readings in measure-axiomatic-based probability theory, I recommend to work through this list, and make your personal preferences, but do not expect to understand them all immediately, it took me more than 18 years, and we are still working on it!):

  • L. Arnold: Stochastic Differential Equations: Theory and Applications, Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar (FL), 1992 (reprinted, Wiley, New York, 1974, German original, Oldenburg Verlag, 1973).
  • L. Arnold: Stochastic Dynamical Systems, Springer, Berlin, 1998.
  • H. Bauer: Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie, deGruyter, Berlin, 1991 (English translation, 1996).
  • A.T. Bharucha-Reid: Elements of the Theory of Markov Processes and Their Applications, Dover, Minneola (NY), 1997 (ISBN 0486695395).
  • A.A. Borovkov: Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie, Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, 1976.
  • P. Bremaud: Markov Chains: Gibbs Fields, Monte Carlo Simulation, and Queues, Texts in Applied Mathematics 31, Springer, New York, 1999 (ISBN 0387985093).
  • M. Capinski and E. Kopp: Measure, Integral and Probability, Springer, New York, 1999 (ISBN: 3540762604).
  • K.L. Chung: A Course in Probability Theory Revised (3rd edition), Academic Press, London, 2001 (ISBN: 0121741516).
  • J.L. Doob: Stochastic Processes, Wiley, New York, 1953.
  • R. Durrett: Probability: Theory and Examples, Duxbury Press, Belmont (CA), 1995.
  • E.B. Dynkin: Markov Processes I, II, Springer, Berlin, 1965 (Russian original, Fizmatgiz, Moscow, 1963).
  • W. Feller: An Introduction to Probability and Its Applications II, Wiley, New York, 1971.
  • T. Gard: Stochastic Differential Equations, Marcel Dekker, Basel, 1988.
  • I.I. Gikhman and A.V. Skorochod: Introduction to the Theory of Random Processes, Dover, Minneola (NY), 1996 (translation of Russian original, Nauka, Moscow, 1965).
  • B.V. Gnedenko: The Theory of Probability (in Russian), Mir, Moscow, 1988.
  • I.A. Ibragimov and Yu.V. Linnik: Independent and Stationary Sequences of Random Variables, Addison-Wesley, Reading, 1968.
  • I.A. Ibragimov and Yu.A. Rozanov: Gaussian Random Processes, Springer, New York, 1978.
  • J. Jacod and A.N. Shiryaev: Limit Theorems for Stochastic Processes, Springer, New York, 1987.
  • F. Jones: Lebesgue Integration on Euclidean Space (Revised Ed.), Jones & Bartlett Pub., 2000 (ISBN 0763717088).
  • D. Kannan: An Introduction to Stochastic Processes, North-Holland, New York, 1979.
  • I. Karatzas and S.E. Shreve: Brownian Motion and Stochastic Calculus, Springer, New York, 1991.
  • S. Karlin and H.M. Taylor: A First Course in Stochastic Processes, Academic Press, New York, 1975; A Second Course in Stochastic Processes, Academic Press, New York, 1981.
  • R.Z. Khas'minskii: Stochastic Stability of Differential Equations, Sijthoff & Noordhoff, Alphen aan den Rijn, 1980 (translation of Russian original, 1969).
  • A.N. Kolmogorov: Grundbegriffe der Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung, Springer, Berlin, 1933 (Reprint, 1973); Foundations of the Theory of Probability, Chelsea, New York, 1956.
  • N.V. Krylov: Introduction to the Theory of Diffusion Processes, AMS, Providence, 1996 (translation of Russian original, 1989).
  • J. Lamperti: Stochastic Processes, Springer, New York, 1977.
  • G.F. Lawler: Introduction to Stochastic Processes, Chapman & Hall Probability Series, CRC Press, New York, 1995 (ISBN 0412995115).
  • P. Levy: Processus Stochastiques et Mouvement Brownien, Gauthier-Villars, Paris, 1948.
  • R.Sh. Liptser and A.N. Shiryaev: Theory of Martingales, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1989.
  • V.V. Petrov: Sums of Independent Random Variables, Springer, Berlin, 1975; Limit Theorems for Sums of Independent Random Variables (in Russian), Nauka, Moscow, 1987.
  • Yu.A. Prokhorov and Yu. Rozanov: Probability Theory, Springer, New York, 1969.
  • P. Protter: Stochastic Integration and Differential Equations, Springer, New York, 1990.
  • A. Renyi: Probability Theory (in Hungarian, German Translation available), 1954.
  • S.I. Resnick: Adventures in Stochastic Processes, Birkhauser, Boston, 1992.
  • S.I. Resnick: A Probability Path, Springer, New York, 1998 (ISBN 081764055X).
  • D. Revuz and M. Yor: Continuous Martingales and Brownian Motion, Springer, New York, 1994.
  • H. Schurz: (A Brief Introduction to) Numerical Analysis of (Ordinary) Stochastic Differential Equations Without Tears, December Report 1670, IMA, Minneapolis, 1999 (Published by Marcel Dekker, Basel, 2002).
  • H. Schurz: Probabilidad de Honores, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, 1998, Lecture Notes Math 581 : Probability based on Measure Theory, SIU, 2002 (Original lecture script can be seen in my office).
  • A.N. Shiryaev: Probability, Springer, New York, 1996 (translation of Russian original, Nauka, Moscow, 1980 (1989)).
  • C. Tudor: Procesos Estoc\'{a}sticos, Aportaciones Matem\'{a}ticas: Textos 2, Sociedad Matem\'{a}tica Mexicana, M\'{e}xico City, 1994. (565 pp., ISBN: 968-36-4004-4).
  • A.D. Wentzell: A Course in the Theory of Stochastic Processes, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1981.