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Basic Analysis V: Functional Analysis and Topology introduces graduate students in science to concepts from topology and functional analysis, both linear and nonlinear. It is the fifth book in a series designed to train interested readers how to think properly using mathematical abstractions, and how to use the tools of mathematical analysis in applications.
It is important to realize that the most difficult part of applying mathematical reasoning to a new problem domain is choosing the underlying mathematical framework to use on the problem. Once that choice is made, we have many tools we can use to solve the problem. However, a different choice would open up avenues of analysis from a different, perhaps more productive, perspective.
In this volume, the nature of these critical choices is discussed using applications involving the immune system and cognition.
Features
- Develops a proof of the Jordan Canonical form to show some basic ideas in algebraic topology
- Provides a thorough treatment of topological spaces, finishing with the Krein–Milman theorem
- Discusses topological degree theory (Brouwer, Leray–Schauder, and Coincidence)
- Carefully develops manifolds and functions on manifolds ending with Riemannian metrics
- Suitable for advanced students in mathematics and associated disciplines
- Can be used as a traditional textbook as well as for self-study
