Applied Functional Analysis

Education facts

Code: MMA400

The course treats problems where the variables are not numbers, as in more elementary calculus, but instead functions or more abstract objects. A linear structure, where objects can be added with each other or multiplied with scalars, is combined with a geometrical/topological structure that allows measures and limits. Functional analysis arose in the first decades of the 20th century, when mathematicians discovered that methods used to solve integral equations and partial differential equations also could be used in more abstract settings. During the course you will study normed spaces, Banach and Hilbert spaces, fixed-point theorems, compactness, spectral theory for compact self-adjoint maps, the Fredholm alternative, and applications to differential and integral equations.

Entry requirements

Knowledge equivalent to the couses MMG400 Linear Algebra II and MMG300 Multivariable Analysis.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Applied Functional Analysis

  University of Gothenburg

  Start date: 19 January 2026

  End date: 22 March 2026

  Pace of study: 50 %