Introduction to Banach Algebras, Operators, and Harmonic Anal... - 9780521828932

Introduction to Banach Algebras, Operators, and Harmonic AnalysisAuthor(s): H. Garth Dales, Pietro Aiena, Jrg Eschmeier, Kjeld Laursen, George A. Willis\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521828932, 978-0521828932\nSynopsis\nThis work has arisen from lecture courses given by the authors on important topics within functional analysis. The authors, who are all leading researchers, give introductions to their subjects at a level ideal for beginning graduate students, and others interested in the subject. The collection has been carefully edited so as to form a coherent and accessible introduction to current research topics. The first chapter by Professor Dales introduces the general theory of Banach algebras, which serves as a background to the remaining material. Dr Willis then studies a centrally important Banach algebra, the group algebra of a locally compact group. The remaining chapters are dev.