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Undergraduate Course: Hilbert Spaces (MATH10046)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Mathematics CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaMathematics Other subject areaSpecialist Mathematics & Statistics (Honours)
Course website https://info.maths.ed.ac.uk/teaching.html Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionInner 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.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Complex Variable & Differential Equations (MATH10033) AND Pure & Applied Analysis (MATH10008)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) WebCT enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
King's BuildingsLectureJCMB, theatre B1-11 14:00 - 14:50
King's BuildingsLectureJCMB, theatre C1-11 14:00 - 14:50
First Class Week 1, Tuesday, 14:00 - 14:50, Zone: King's Buildings. JCMB, theatre C
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours:Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)2:00
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.
Assessment Information
Examination only.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsHSp
Contacts
Course organiserDr Martin Dindos
Tel:
Email: M.Dindos@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Alison Fairgrieve
Tel: (0131 6)50 6427
Email: Alison.Fairgrieve@ed.ac.uk
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