Introductory Functional Analysis: With Applications to Boundary Value Problems and Finite Elements

Mathematics is playing an ever more important role in the physical and biological sciences, provo king a blurring of boundaries between scientific disciplines and a resurgence of interest in the modern as weil as the classical techniques of applied mathematics. This renewal of interest, both in research and teaching, has led to the establishment of the series: Texts in Applied Mathe­ matics (TAM). The development of new courses is a natural consequence of a . high level of excitement on the...