18.102 | Spring 2021 | Undergraduate

Introduction to Functional Analysis

Lecture 17: Minimizers, Orthogonal Complements and the Riesz Representation Theorem

Description: We move back to the general theory of Hilbert spaces with applications to concrete problems, discussing minimizers, orthogonal decomposition, projections, and one of the most fundamental “existence and uniqueness” results, the Riesz Representation Theorem!

Instructor: Dr. Casey Rodriguez

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