Functional Analysis - Major and Foundational Results

Major and Foundational Results

Important results of functional analysis include:

  • The uniform boundedness principle (also known as Banach–Steinhaus theorem) applies to sets of operators with uniform bounds.
  • One of the spectral theorems (there is indeed more than one) gives an integral formula for the normal operators on a Hilbert space. This theorem is of central importance for the mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics.
  • The Hahn–Banach theorem extends functionals from a subspace to the full space, in a norm-preserving fashion. An implication is the non-triviality of dual spaces.
  • The open mapping theorem and closed graph theorem.

See also: List of functional analysis topics.

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