MAT626: Spectral Theory and Application to Partial Differential Equations 6 credits (40-20-0)

Objectives

To introduce students to the fundamental tools of spectral analysis of operators and the link to solution of differential equations.

Contents

Elements of spectral theory in Banach spaces; Spectral decomposition of self-adjoint and compact normal operators in a separable Hilbert space; Spectral decomposition of bounded and unbounded self-adjoint operators; Hilbert sum and integral associated with the spectral decomposition of self-adjoint operators in a separable Hilbert space; Polynomial expansion of functions (Legendre, Laguerre, Harmonic, Chebyschev, Bessel, etc.); The curl, gradient and divergence operators.