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PMATH 753Functional Analysis

Units
0.50
Level
Graduate
Faculty
Mathematics
Subject
Pure Mathematics

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Banach and Hilbert spaces, bounded linear maps, Hahn-Banach theorem, open mapping theorem, closed graph theorem, topologies, nets, Hausdorff spaces, dual spaces, weak topologies, Tychonoff's theorem, Banach-Alaoglu theorem, reflexive spaces.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

  • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in:

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 00162034 / 15TTh 10:00–11:20

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From 2 ratings and 1 comment on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Easiest course in course calendar. Highly recommended. You don't have to go to any lectures, and you can google all the answers, and the exam is all from the course note!

    Nov 2012 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

9 posts and comments in 8 threads mention PMATH 753, October 2012 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Fall 2017

Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

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Winter 2017

Rank the courses you've taken from hardest to easiest 20 points, 43 comments

“I'm curious”

u/maaaath: “uhhhh I'm just gonna randomly pick ones I remember or I'll be here for a while PMATH 753 > CO 471 > PMATH 763 > PMATH 451 > CO 442 > CO 255 >>>> CS xyz”

u/SchitLipz: “It's cool I've taken 5 of the 6 courses here and audited the one I haven't taken but my ranking would be different from yours: PMATH 763 > PMATH 753 > CO 442 > CO 471 > CO 255 > PMATH 451”

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Spring 2016

Winter 2016

Spring 2015

CS/math graduate-level courses 3 points, 7 comments

“I'm starting a CS master's program in September, and I'm trying to figure out which courses to register in. I asked my supervisor, and the only one he suggested I take is offered in the winter term. …”

u/maaaath: “… there are a number of interesting courses in pure math; in particular, functional analysis (PMATH 753) is running in the fall. A random interesting course that runs in the fall is quantum information processing (QIC 710, cross-listed as CS 768). …”

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Fall 2012

Check it elsewhere for Fall 2026

Calendar versions

Graduate Calendar

Older Graduate Calendars

In 33 terms, Fall 2009 to Winter 2024