MATH:5285 Applied Analysis

Fall 2018

Instructor: Hai Zhang

Office: 3442
Email: haizhang@ust.hk
Office Hours: Tue Thur 10:30AM—11:30AM


Lectures:

Tuesday and Thursday 4:30PM-5:50PM, G003, CYT Bldg

 

Main references:

Applied Analysis, by J K. Hunter and B Nachtergaele, World Scientific, 2001;

Functional Analysis, by P D. Lax, John Wiely & Sons, Inc, 2002

 

Requisite: College Calculus, Linear algebra, Elementary real analysis 

 

Course Description and Objectives:

The aim of the course is to provide an introduction to the analysis techniques, which are used frequently in applications. It is intended for beginning graduate students who are interested in applied math and plan to take the Advanced Calculus qualifying exam.  The following topics will be covered:

1.    Contraction mapping theorem

1.1  Contraction mapping theory

1.2  Applications in dynamic system

1.3  Applications in integral equations

 

2.    Fourier series

2.1  Completeness of Fourier basis

2.2  Fourier series of differentiable functions

2.3 Applications in partial differential equations

2.3  Applications to isoperimetric inequality

2.4  Applications to ergodic theorem

 

3.    Fourier transforms (including classic theory and modern theory on distributions)

3.1  Fourier transform on Schwartz functions

3.2  Fourier transform on L^1 functions

3.3  Fourier transform on L^2 functions

3.4  Fourier transform on tempered distribution

3.5  Applications to translation invariant operators

3.6  Applications to GreenŐs functions

3.7  Poisson summation formula

 

 

4.    Basic of Hilbert Space theory

4.1  Scalar product

4.2  Orthogonal projection

4.3  Riesz representation theorem

4.4  Applications to Randon-Nikodym theorem

 

 

5.    Basic operator theory on Hilbert Spaces

5.1  Projections and orthogonal projections

5.2  Self-adjoint operators

5.3  Compact operators

5.4  Spectrum of bounded operators

5.5  Spectral representation of compact self-adjoint operators

5.6  Applications to Strum-Liouville problem

 

 

 

6.    Hahn-Banach theorem and basic of Banach space theory

6.1  Hahn-Banach theorem and separation theorem

6.2  Linear functionals and dual spaces

6.3  Applications of Duality (completeness of weighted powers)

 

 

7.    Convex analysis

7.1  Derivatives and sub-gradient

7.2  Convex conjugate

7.3  Lagrangians and saddle points

7.4  Karush-Kuhn-Tucker type conditions

 

Remark: For the Advanced Calculus exam, only topics 1, 2, 3 will be covered.

 

Grading Scheme:
Homework 40%, Final Exam 60%

Exams:
Final exam: There will be no make-up exams, except for absolutely exceptional situations.
No calculators, notes, or books will be permitted in in the exam.

 

Homework:
Homework will be assigned at the end of each chapter and two weeks are allowed to work out the solution. 
Make sure that your name, course section and university ID are included in the subtitle of the homework before you hand in your homework to me. You are allowed and encouraged to work together on homework assignments.  However, you are expected to write the homework solutions on your own and with your own words. Outright copying from somebody else's assignment will be considered cheating.

DO YOUR HOMEWORK.  IT IS THE SECRET TO SUCCESS.