General Information

References

  • F. G. Friedlander and M. Joshi, Introduction to the theory of distributions, Second edition. Cambridge University Press, Camgridge, 1998. MR1721032
  • Dorina Mitrea, Distributions, partial differential equations, and harmonic analysis, Second edition. Universitext. Springer, Cham, 2018. MR3887685, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-03296-8.
  • Mikko Salo, Fourier analysis and distribution theory, Lecture notes, Fall 2013.

Prerequisite

  • Multivariable calculus

Homeworks

Schedule

  • The lectures are on Thursday and Friday at 10.15 - 12.00 in MaD380 (Thursday) and MaD381 (Friday). Exercise sessions are on Thursday at 08.30 - 10.00 in MaD355.
Time Room Activities
01.09.2022 10.15-12.00 MaD380 Week 1 - Lecture (Thursday): weak derivative and Fourier series in L2
02.09.2022 10.15-12.00 MaD381 Week 1 - Lecture (Friday): Fourier series in L2
08.09.2022 08.30-10.00 MaD355 Week 1 - Exercise Session
08.09.2022 10.15-12.00 MaD380 Week 2 - Lecture (Thursday): Convergence of Fourier series, Schwartz functions
09.09.2022 10.15-12.00 MaD381 Week 2 - Lecture (Friday): Schwartz functions
15.09.2022 08.30-10.00 MaD355 Week 2 - Exercise Session
15.09.2022 10.15-12.00 MaD380 Week 3 - Lecture (Thursday): Tempered distributions
16.09.2022 10.15-12.00 MaD381 Week 3 - Lecture (Friday): Tempered distributions and distributions with compact support [Return Homework 1]
22.09.2022 08.30-10.00 MaD355 Week 3 - Exercise Session
22.09.2022 10.15-12.00 MaD380 Week 4 - Lecture (Thursday): Distributions and convolution
23.09.2022 10.15-12.00 MaD381 Week 4 - Lecture (Friday): Convolution [Return Homework 2]
29.09.2022 08.30-10.00 MaD355 Week 4 - Exercise Session
29.09.2022 10.15-12.00 MaD380 Week 5 - Lecture (Thursday): Structure of distributions and convolution theorem
30.09.2022 10.15-12.00 MaD381 Week 5 - Lecture (Friday): Structure of distributions and convolution theorem [Return Homework 3]
06.10.2022 08.30-10.00 MaD355 Week 5 - Exercise Session
06.10.2022 10.15-12.00 MaD380 Week 6 - Lecture (Thursday): Convolution theorem and pv distributions
07.10.2022 10.15-12.00 MaD381 Week 6 - Lecture (Friday): pv distributions [Return Homework 4 and final report]
13.10.2022 08.30-10.00 MaD355 Week 6 - Exercise Session
13.10.2022 10.15-12.00 MaD380 Week 7 - Lecture (Thursday): Final presentation
14.10.2022 10.15-12.00 MaD381 Week 7 - Lecture (Friday): Final presentation [Return Homework 5]
20.10.2022 08.30-10.00 MaD355 Week 7 - Exercise Session

Completion

  • The course can be taken for credit by attending the lectures, returning written solutions (at least 50%, please indicate your email) and writing a short report (not more than 10 pages) with an oral presentation on it at the end of the course. One possible topic for the final report is some theorems in the lecture note that the proofs are omitted. To get grade 5, you need to complete at least 80% of the returning written solutions.
  • If you wish to give oral presentation earlier (e.g. Week 6), please let me know as soon as possible. Please remember send me your final report before oral presentation.