MATH 853: Functional Analysis 2

Syllabus - Spring 2006

Instructor: Marianne Korten
Office: Cardwell 234, 532-0567
Exercises meetings and office hours: TBA. 

Textbook:   Analyse Fonctionnelle, Haim Brezis, Dunod. Also available from amazon.fr or amazon.ca.

I will also use a number of classics to assign homework from, a sample of authors is Wheeden-Zygmund,
Rudin, Kolmogorov-Fomin, Cotlar-Cignoli, Gilbarg-Trudinger (most of them are available in the library),
and what else comes in handy. 


Course description:

This semester we will cover chapters VI to X of Brezis book. We will leave capters VII and X (PDE applications)
for the end of the semester and might not cover them. I might also work a lot from Gilbarg-Trudinger's book (Chapter 7)
(call # QA377 .G49 and QA377 .G49 1883, located in Hale library) when covering Sobolev spaces.


Grading policy: 

Attendance and participation are requiered. You are expected to complete the homework you will be assigned regularly,
and not fall behind, although it will not be collected nor graded.
There will be one midterm and one final. Final grades will be based on witten work and as follows: 50% for the midterm,
50%  for the final. Some homework exercises will reappear in the midterm and the final (!).


Journal

Here I will  post your (roughly weekly) assignments.