Functional Analysis: An Introduction for Physicists

based On A Third-year Course For French Students Of Physics, This Book Is A Graduate Text In Functional Analysis Emphasizing Applications To Physics. It Introduces Lebesgue Integration, Fourier And Laplace Transforms, Hilbert Space Theory, Theory Of Distribution A La Laurent Schwartz, Linear Operators, And Spectral Theory. It Contains Numerous Examples And Completely Worked Out Exercises.

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the Author (particularly Since French Elegance Is Instinctive To Him) Is To Be Commended For The Realism With Which He Has Undertaken To Introduce Graduate And Advanced Undergraduate Students Of Physics To The Principal Elements Of Functional Analysis. A Good, Chewy Text, In Five Chapters (measure And Integration, Lebesque Spaces, Hilbert Spaces, Distributions, Linear Operators) With Problems And Detailed Solutions, Dense With Nitty-gritty Detail, Yet Unintimidatingly Brief. Attractively Printed, With Well-chosen References. (nw) Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com)