Branches of Mathematic
Functional Analysis
Analysis
Functional analysis is the branch of mathematical analysis that studies vector spaces of functions equipped with limit-related structure, such as a norm or an inner product, together with the linear maps between them that respect that structure. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Central QuestionWhich infinite-dimensional vector spaces of functions carry enough limit structure, a norm or an inner product complete under it, to let the tools of linear algebra and calculus be applied to them together. 1 Key DebateWhether every bounded linear operator on a Hilbert space has a proper invariant subspace, a question about the operators the field's own foundational spaces support that remains an open problem in functional analysis despite the field's century of development. 1 Classification
Pure or Applied Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Functional Analysis
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
the study of vector spaces endowed with some kind of limit-related structure
Normed vector spaces section
These spaces are of fundamental importance in many areas, including the mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics, machine learning, partial differential equations, and Fourier analysis.
Hilbert spaces section, invariant subspace problem
One of the open problems in functional analysis is to prove that every bounded linear operator on a Hilbert space has a proper invariant subspace.
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WikipediaOpen problems section
One of the open problems in functional analysis is to prove that every bounded linear operator on a Hilbert space has a proper invariant subspace.
History section
Hilbert spaces were studied beginning in the first decade of the 20th century by David Hilbert (after whom they are named)
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In mathematical analysis, the Weierstrass approximation theorem states that every continuous function defined on a closed interval [a, b] can be uniformly approximated as closely as desired by a polynomial function.
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