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020 _a9783030380014
040 _cIIT Kanpur
041 _aeng
082 _a515.7222
_bB648s
100 _aBorthwick, David
245 _aSpectral theory
_bbasic concepts and applications
_cDavid Borthwick
260 _bSpringer
_c2020
_aSwitzerland
300 _ax, 338p
440 _aGraduate texts mathematics
490 _a/ edited by Sheldon Axler and Kenneth Ribet
_v; n. 284
520 _aThis textbook offers a concise introduction to spectral theory, designed for newcomers to functional analysis. Curating the content carefully, the author builds to a proof of the spectral theorem in the early part of the book. Subsequent chapters illustrate a variety of application areas, exploring key examples in detail. Readers looking to delve further into specialized topics will find ample references to classic and recent literature. Beginning with a brief introduction to functional analysis, the text focuses on unbounded operators and separable Hilbert spaces as the essential tools needed for the subsequent theory. A thorough discussion of the concepts of spectrum and resolvent follows, leading to a complete proof of the spectral theorem for unbounded self-adjoint operators. Applications of spectral theory to differential operators comprise the remaining four chapters. These chapters introduce the Dirichlet Laplacian operator, Schrödinger operators, operators on graphs, and the spectral theory of Riemannian manifolds. Spectral Theory offers a uniquely accessible introduction to ideas that invite further study in any number of different directions. A background in real and complex analysis is assumed; the author presents the requisite tools from functional analysis within the text. This introductory treatment would suit a functional analysis course intended as a pathway to linear PDE theory. Independent later chapters allow for flexibility in selecting applications to suit specific interests within a one-semester course.
650 _aSpectral theory (Mathematics)
942 _cBK
999 _c567319
_d567319