Undergraduate Course: Hilbert Spaces (MATH10046)
Course Outline
School |
School of Mathematics |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
Home subject area |
Mathematics |
Other subject area |
Specialist Mathematics & Statistics (Honours) |
Course website |
http://student.maths.ed.ac.uk |
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Course description |
Inner product spaces, geometric and metric properties of Hilbert spaces, orthogonal expansions and projections in Hilbert spaces. Bounded linear functionals and operators, compact operators on Hilbert spaces. The spectral theorem for selfadjoint compact operators. |
Course Delivery Information
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Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | | 12:10 - 13:00 | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 12:10 - 13:00 | | | |
First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 12:10 - 13:00, Zone: King's Buildings. JCMB, Lecture Theatre C |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1. Ability to apply general theory to specific examples.
3. An ability to use orthogonality arguments in concrete situations.
4. Familiarity of basic functional analysis results and an ability to use them.
5. To gain an appreciation of the interplay between analysis, geometry and algebra in the setting of Hilbert spaces.
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Assessment Information
Examination only.
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Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser |
Dr Liam O'Carroll
Tel: (0131 6)50 5070
Email: L.O'Carroll@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Alison Fairgrieve
Tel: (0131 6)50 6427
Email: Alison.Fairgrieve@ed.ac.uk |
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