This book is an introductory text in functional analysis aimed at the graduatestudent with a firm background in integration and measure theory. Unlike manymoder... » 

This book is an introductory text in functional analysis aimed at the graduatestudent with a firm background in integration and measure theory. Unlike manymodern treatments this book begins with the particular and works its way tothe more general helping the student to develop an intuitive feel for thesubject. For example the author introduces the concept of a Banach space onlyafter having introduced Hilbert spaces and discussing their properties. Thestudent will also appreciate the large number of examples and exercises whichhave been included. TOC1 Hilbert Spaces. 2 Operators on Hilbert Space. 3Banach Spaces. 4Locally Convex Spaces. 5 Weak Topologies. 6 Linear Operatorson aBanach Space. 7 Banach Algebras and Spectral Theory for Operators onaBanach Space. 8 C Algebras. 9 Normal Operators on Hilbert Space.10Unbounded Operators. 11 Fredholm Theory. «