MAT3400 – Linear Analysis with Applications
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
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Changes in the course due to coronavirus
Autumn 2020 we plan for teaching and examinations to be conducted as described in the course description and on semester pages. However, changes may occur due to the corona situation. You will receive notifications about any changes at the semester page and/or in Canvas.
Spring 2020: Teaching and examinations was digitilized. See changes and common guidelines for exams at the MN faculty spring 2020.
Course content
MAT3400 gives an introduction to measure and integration theory, and to operator theory (on Hilbert spaces). Covered topics include: elementary measure and integration theory, including convergence theorems, Lp-spaces and their completeness, and Carathéodory’s extension theorem. Adjoint operators, orthogonal projections, compact operators and Hilbert-Schmidt operators. The spectral theorem for compact self-adjoint operators. Applications to Sturm-Liouville theory and Fredholm theory.
Learning outcome
After completing the course you:
- are used to work with sigma-algebras and with measures on sigma-algebras. In particular you are familiar with the most important sigma-algebras on the real line and with the Lebesgue measure on these;
- have a good understanding of measure spaces and of integrable functions, know how to compute the integral of many integrable functions and are acquainted with convergence theorems for integrals;
- know what an Lp-space is and what Hölder’s inequality says;
- are able to determine the adjoint of a bounded linear operator on a Hilbert space and decide if the operator is self-adjoint, and know well examples of self-adjoint operators, such as orthogonal projections onto closed subspaces;
- are familiar with compact operators and their most important properties, and are well aware of what is meant by the Fredholm alternative, in particular in connection with certain Integral equations;
- have a good understanding of the spectral theorem for compact self-adjoint operators and know how it can be used to solve certain Sturm-Liouville problems.
Admission to the course
Students at UiO register for courses and exams in Studentweb.
Special admission requirements
In addition to fulfilling the Higher Education Entrance Qualification, applicants have to meet the following special admission requirements:
- Mathematics R1 (or Mathematics S1 and S2) + R2
And in addition one of these:
- Physics (1+2)
- Chemistry (1+2)
- Biology (1+2)
- Information technology (1+2)
- Geosciences (1+2)
- Technology and theories of research (1+2)
The special admission requirements may also be covered by equivalent studies from Norwegian upper secondary school or by other equivalent studies (in Norwegian).
Recommended previous knowledge
- MAT1100 – Calculus
- MAT-INF1100 – Modelling and Computations
- MAT1110 – Calculus and Linear Algebra
- MAT1120 – Linear Algebra
- MAT2400 – Real Analysis
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with MAT4400 – Linear Analysis with Applications.
- 5 credits overlap with MAT4300 – Measure and integration (discontinued).
- 5 credits overlap with MAT4340 – Elementary functional analysis (discontinued).
- 5 credits overlap with MAT3300 – Measure and integration (discontinued).
- 5 credits overlap with MA141.
- 5 credits overlap with MA154.
- 5 credits overlap with MA254.
- 5 credits overlap with MA254.
- 5 credits overlap with MA354.
- 5 credits overlap with MA354.
Teaching
6 hours of lectures/exercises every week throughout the semester.
Examination
Final written examination.
Examination support material
No examination support material is allowed.
Language of examination
Subjects taught in English will only offer the exam paper in English. You may write your examination paper in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
This course offers both postponed and resit of examination. Read more: