First Course in Functional Analysis

by Martin D. Davis

Designed for undergraduate mathematics majors, this self-contained exposition of Gelfand's proof of Wiener's theorem explores set theoretic preliminaries, normed linear spaces and algebras, functions on Banach spaces, homomorphisms on normed linear spaces, and more. 1966 edition.

122 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1966

About the author

Martin David Davis (born 1928) is Professor Emeritus at New York University's Computer Science Department.