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An Introduction to Hilbert Space

An Introduction to Hilbert Space

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Author: N. Young
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 reviews
Sales Rank: 248245

Media: Paperback
Pages: 254
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.6

ISBN: 0521337178
Dewey Decimal Number: 515.733
EAN: 9780521337175

Publication Date: July 29, 1988
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Product Description
This textbook is an introduction to the theory of Hilbert spaces and its applications. The notion of a Hilbert space is a central idea in functional analysis and can be used in numerous branches of pure and applied mathematics. Dr. Young stresses these applications particularly for the solution of partial differential equations in mathematical physics and to the approximation of functions in complex analysis. Some basic familiarity with real analysis, linear algebra and metric spaces is assumed, but otherwise the book is self-contained. The book is based on courses given at the University of Glasgow and contains numerous examples and exercises (many with solutions). The book will make an excellent first course in Hilbert space theory at either undergraduate or graduate level and will also be of interest to electrical engineers and physicists, particularly those involved in control theory and filter design.

Book Description
The notion of a Hilbert space is a central idea in functional analysis and this text demonstrates its applications in numerous branches of pure and applied mathematics.


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5 out of 5 stars An unusually readable book on Hilbert space   June 12, 2000
UNPINGCO (Los Angeles, CA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

An unusually readable book on Hilbert space. Very clean notation and very detailed proofs. There are also numerous diagrams. There are also answers to selected problems, but no detailed solutions. If you own one book on Hilbert space, or even functional analysis, this should be it. The author takes great pains to illustrate the ideas involved, not just pound out the theorems.


5 out of 5 stars Very Clear,short and useful   October 20, 2000
Francisco Coutinho (Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo Brazil)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful

The first eleven chapters are an excellent introduction to functional analysis . Both Hilbert and Banach spaces are introduced carefully. Then there are two short chapters on orthogonal expansions and classical fourier series and then linear operators are studied. From the point of view of a person who is interested in applications to physics and engineering one can say that the book is well motivated mainly because is so compact and because of the many notes on applications. Chapters nine , ten and eleven on Green's functions and eigenfunctions expansions are extremely good. Chapters twelve and thirteen are poorly motivated from the point of view of applications.Finally chapters fourteen to sixteen try to exhibit the applications to complex analysis of operator theory and be helpfull to eletrical engineers.I think the book fails in this. So the ten first chapters of the book are excellent . The remaining less so


5 out of 5 stars GOOD for control theory theory   October 2, 2002
GUSTAVO SANCHEZ (LAREDO, TEXAS United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This book is good to any control engineer who wants to know the background theory of optimization and robust control, but read read an analysis book first.


5 out of 5 stars Excellent Text   February 2, 2008
Ronnie Dickson (San Francisco)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This book was the required text for a course on Hilbert Spaces at University of Edinburgh that I took back in 1998. This book is very readable, and does a great job of presenting the material. A great read if you plan to study Hilbert Spaces, Banach Spaces, or other topics in Functional Analysis at an introductory level.


4 out of 5 stars Concise and accurate introduction to Hilbert space   January 14, 2000
G. T. Jansen (the Hague, the Netherlands)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I found this book a concise, well written and accurate introduction to linear algebra. Although some fellow students told me they found it too dry, I had no problem with that.

 
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