Advanced Functional Analysis (Lecture and Exercises)

General information

Lecture in UGO:

MAT.404
MAT.404

Lecturer:

Time and Place:

See UGO. On friday, we alternate between two hours of lecture and two hours of exercises. We start on October 9 with extercises.

Literature:

H. Brezis, Functional Analysis, Sobolev Spaces and Partial Differential Equations.
D. Werner, Funktionalanalysis.
K. Yosida, Functional Analysis.
H. W. Alt, Lineare Funktionalanalysis.
W. Rudin, Functional Analysis.

Exercise sheets

The exercise sheets will be published here every two weeks.

Exercise Sheet 1, Due date: October 9, 2015

Exercise Sheet 2, Due date: October 23, 2015

Exercise Sheet 3, Due date: November 6, 2015

Exercise Sheet 4, Due date: November 20, 2015

Exercise Sheet 5, Due date: December 4, 2015

Exercise Sheet 6, Due date: December 18, 2015

Exercise Sheet 7, Due date: January 15, 2016

Exercise Sheet 8, Due date: January 29, 2016 (Update of Problem 8.1)

Exams

Lecture: Oral exams: 3.2.2016, 1.3.2016, ... (Please contact me [at least two weaks in advance] for further examination dates)

Exercises: Intermediate exam (December 4, 2015), final exam (February 1, 2016, 10:00 a.m., SR 11.34). Repetition exam takes place on March 3, 10:00, SR 11.35.

Grading for the exercises:

In total, 24 (regular) points can be achieved as follows:

Exams (12 points):

Intermediate exam (3 points)
Final exam (9 points)

Participation (12 points + 3 extra points):

6 points based on quantity and quality of blackboard presentations.
i<=6 points for marking more that (50+5i)% of the exercises.
i<=3 points for marking more that (80+5i)% of the exercises.

Necessary conditions for a positive grading:

In total (incl. extra points) more that 12 points.

At least 6 points from the exams.

At least 50% of the exercises marked.

Attendance:

No compulsory attendance at the exercises.

If you want to get points for marking exercises without attending, there must be a good reason for not attending and please contact me in time (if possible) such that the marked exercises can be discussed in my office.