Definition:Functional Analysis
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Definition
Functional analysis is a branch of analysis, which studies vector spaces endowed a structure such as inner product, norm or topology.
It can be understood as the study of analysis, including calculus, both differential and integral, to Banach spaces.
Also see
- Results about functional analysis can be found here.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Banach space
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): functional analysis
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Banach space
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): functional analysis