James C. Robinson is a professor in the Mathematics Institute at the University of Warwick. He has been the recipient of a Royal Society University Research Fellowship and an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Leadership Fellowship. He has written six books in addition to his many publications in infinite-dimensional dynamical systems, dimension theory, and partial differential equations.
'This excellent introduction to functional analysis brings the reader at a gentle pace from a rudimentary acquaintance with analysis to a command of the subject sufficient, for example, to start a rigorous study of partial differential equations. The choice and order of topics are very well thought-out, and there is a fine balance between general results and concrete examples and applications.' Charles Fefferman, Princeton University, New Jersey 'An Introduction to Functional Analysis covers everything that one would expect to meet in an undergraduate course on this elegant area and more, including spectral theory, the category-based theorems and unbounded operators. With a well-written narrative and clear detailed proofs, together with plentiful examples and exercises, this is both an excellent course book and a valuable reference for those encountering functional analysis from across mathematics and science.' Kenneth Falconer, University of St Andrews, Scotland 'This is a beautifully written book, containing a wealth of worked examples and exercises, covering the core of the theory of Banach and Hilbert spaces. The book will be of particular interest to those wishing to learn the basic functional analytic tools for the mathematical analysis of partial differential equations and the calculus of variations.' Endre Suli, University of Oxford