Math 554/555/556
Linear Analysis

Robin Graham (554/555) and Ken Bube (556)

Autumn/Winter/Spring 2002-2003, Monday/Wednesday/Friday 12:30-1:20


The course will cover the usual material, as described in the catalog description:

A three-quarter sequence covering advanced linear algebra and matrix analysis, ordinary differential equations (existence and uniqueness theory, linear systems, numerical approximations), Fourier analysis, introductions to functional analysis and partial differential equations, distribution theory.

Prerequisite: MATH 426 and familiarity with complex analysis at the level of 427 (the latter may be obtained concurrently).

Texts:

Autumn:
Horn and Johnson, Matrix Analysis
Coddington and Levinson, Theory of Ordinary Differential Equations
Birkhoff and Rota, Ordinary Differential Equations
Winter:
Jones, Lebesgue Integration on Euclidean Space
Riesz and Sz.-Nagy, Functional Analysis
Spring:
Friedlander, Theory of Distributions