Operator Theory (MATH658) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Operator Theory MATH658 Area Elective 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language English
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Ph.D.
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
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Course Objectives This is an introductory course in Operator Theory and its applications. We will start with a short review of Banach and Hilbert Spaces and their linear bounded operators, then we turn to the Spectral Theory of linear bounded operators. Classes of Hilbert Space operators that appear frequently in applications, e.g. self adjoint, positive operators, are considered in detail. The course is aimed at Mathematics students who want to pursue a career in Analysis and its applications, but Math students from other domains and also graduate engineering students who want to understand mathematical foundations of many of the subjects considered in Engineering Mathematics are welcome as well.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Know the basics about spectral theory of linear bounded operators
  • Know spectral properties of bounded self adjoint operators
  • Know about positivity and positive operators
  • Could apply theoretical information to concrete problems
Course Content This is an introductory course in Operator Theory and its applications. We will start with a short review of Banach and Hilbert Spaces and their linear bounded operators, then we turn to the Spectral Theory of linear bounded operators. Classes of Hilbert Space operators that appear frequently in applications, e.g. self adjoint, positive operators, are considered in detail.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 A Review of Normed and Banach Spaces [1], 2.2, 2.6, 2.7 [2], 3.1
2 Bounded operators on Normed Spaces [1], 2.7 [2], 4.3
3 A Review of Inner Product and Hilbert Spaces [1], 3.1,3.3,3.4 [2], 2.2—2.5
4 Hilbert Adjoint Operator [1], 3.8,3.9
5 Spectral Theory in Normed Spaces: Introduction [1], 7.2
6 Spectral Theory of Bounded Linear Operators [1], 7.3
7 Spectral Mapping Theorem [1], 7.4
8 Review and Midterm
9 Spectral Theory of Bounded Self Adjoint Linear Operators [1], 9.1
10 Spectral Theory of Bounded Self Adjoint Linear Operators [1], 9.2
11 Positive Operators [1], 9.3
12 Square Roots of a Positive Operator [1], 9.4
13 Projection Operators [1], 9.5
14 Further Properties of Projections [1], 9.6
15 Further properties of Projections [1], 9.6
16 Review

Sources

Course Book 1. E. Kreyszig, Introductory Functional Analysis with Applications, Wiley Clas. Lib. Ed, 1989.
2. G. Chacón, H. Rafeiro, J. Vallejo, Functional Analysis, De Gruyter, 2017.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments 3 30
Presentation 1 20
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 20
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 30
Toplam 6 100
Percentage of Semester Work 70
Percentage of Final Work 30
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
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The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Is independently able to build a problem in the area of study, solve the problem by developing solution techniques and assess the solutions. X
2 Is capable of creating a groundwork in the fundamental branches of mathematics as well as in his/her research area X
3 follows the latest national and international literature in Mathematics and in his/her area of research; and uses them in his/her related studies X
4 observes and adopts the scientific ethical values in his/her professional and social life X
5 presents in Turkish and English in academic/scientific events the results of his/her research or the latest studies and findings on a special topic and participates in discussions X
6 Develops skills to work independently or as a member of a team X
7 Develops competences in the areas of creative and critical thinking, problem solving and producing original studies. Follows recent scientific studies, is capable of making an analysis, synthesis and assessment of the knowledge acquired X
8 Is open to lifelong improvement of his/her acquired knowledge, skills and competences. X
9 Is able to apply the acquired knowledge and problem-solving skills to interdisciplinary studies, proposes different solution methods to problems in terms of mathematical models and from a mathematical point of view X
10 Uses the mathematical based softwares, informatics and communication technologies for scientific purposes X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 14 2 28
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 1 10 10
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 3 5 15
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 12 12
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 12 12
Total Workload 125