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Functional analysis is a branch of mathematical analysis, the core of which is formed by the study of vector spaces endowed with some kind of limit-related structure (for example, inner product, norm, or topology) and the linear functions defined on these spaces and suitably respecting these structures.
In mathematics, particularly in functional analysis, the spectrum of a bounded linear operator (or, more generally, an unbounded linear operator) is a generalisation of the set of eigenvalues of a matrix.
This is a list of functional analysis topics. See also: Glossary of functional analysis. Hilbert space. Bra–ket notation; Definite bilinear form; Direct integral;
These relationships between seminorms, Minkowski functionals, and absorbing disks is a major reason why Minkowski functionals are studied and used in functional analysis. In particular, through these relationships, Minkowski functionals allow one to "translate" certain geometric properties of a subset of X {\textstyle X} into certain algebraic ...
The spectrum of a linear operator that operates on a Banach space is a fundamental concept of functional analysis. The spectrum consists of all scalars λ {\displaystyle \lambda } such that the operator T − λ {\displaystyle T-\lambda } does not have a bounded inverse on X {\displaystyle X} .
The first inequality (that is, ‖ ‖ < for all ) states that the functionals in are pointwise bounded while the second states that they are uniformly bounded. The second supremum always equals ‖ ‖ (,) = ‖ ‖, ‖ ‖ and if is not the trivial vector space (or if the supremum is taken over [,] rather than [,]) then closed unit ball can be replaced with the unit sphere
This is an example of a non-linear functional. The Riemann integral is a linear functional on the vector space of functions defined on [a, b] that are Riemann-integrable from a to b. In mathematics, a functional is a certain type of function. The exact definition of the term varies depending on the subfield (and sometimes even the author).
In functional analysis, a state of an operator system is a positive linear functional of norm 1. States in functional analysis generalize the notion of density matrices in quantum mechanics, which represent quantum states, both mixed states and pure states. Density matrices in turn generalize state vectors, which only represent pure states.