Introduction / 1: |
Real and complex numbers / 1.1: |
Theory of functions / 1.2: |
Weierstrass' polynomial approximation theorem / 1.3: |
Introduction to Metric Spaces / 2: |
Preliminaries / 2.1: |
Sets in a metric space / 2.2: |
Some metric spaces of functions / 2.3: |
Convergence in a metric space / 2.4: |
Complete metric spaces / 2.5: |
The completion theorem / 2.6: |
An introduction to operators / 2.7: |
Normed linear spaces / 2.8: |
An introduction to linear operators / 2.9: |
Some inequalities / 2.10: |
Lebesgue spaces / 2.11: |
Inner product spaces / 2.12: |
Energy Spaces and Generalized Solutions / 3: |
The rod / 3.1: |
The Euler-Bernoulli beam / 3.2: |
The membrane / 3.3: |
The plate in bending / 3.4: |
Linear elasticity / 3.5: |
Sobolev spaces / 3.6: |
Some imbedding theorems / 3.7: |
Approximation in a Normed Linear Space / 4: |
Separable spaces / 4.1: |
Theory of approximation in a normed linear space / 4.2: |
Riesz's representation theorem / 4.3: |
Existence of energy solutions of some mechanics problems / 4.4: |
Bases and complete systems / 4.5: |
Weak convergence in a Hilbert space / 4.6: |
Introduction to the concept of a compact set / 4.7: |
Ritz approximation in a Hilbert space / 4.8: |
Generalized solutions of evolution problems / 4.9: |
Elements of the Theory of Linear Operators / 5: |
Spaces of linear operators / 5.1: |
The Banach-Steinhaus theorem / 5.2: |
The inverse operator / 5.3: |
Closed operators / 5.4: |
The adjoint operator / 5.5: |
Examples of adjoint operators / 5.6: |
Compactness and Its Consequences / 6: |
Sequentially compact [identical with] compact / 6.1: |
Criteria for compactness / 6.2: |
The Arzela-Ascoli theorem / 6.3: |
Applications of the Arzela-Ascoli theorem / 6.4: |
Compact linear operators in normed linear spaces / 6.5: |
Compact linear operators between Hilbert spaces / 6.6: |
Spectral Theory of Linear Operators / 7: |
The spectrum of a linear operator / 7.1: |
The resolvent set of a closed linear operator / 7.2: |
The spectrum of a compact linear operator in a Hilbert space / 7.3: |
The analytic nature of the resolvent of a compact linear operator / 7.4: |
Self-adjoint operators in a Hilbert space / 7.5: |
Applications to Inverse Problems / 8: |
Well-posed and ill-posed problems / 8.1: |
The operator equation / 8.2: |
Singular value decomposition / 8.3: |
Regularization / 8.4: |
Morozov's discrepancy principle / 8.5: |
Index |
Introduction / 1: |
Real and complex numbers / 1.1: |
Theory of functions / 1.2: |
Weierstrass' polynomial approximation theorem / 1.3: |
Introduction to Metric Spaces / 2: |
Preliminaries / 2.1: |