Function Space

in Set Theory , the Power Set of a set ''X'' may be identified with the set of all functions from ''X'' to {0,1};, denoted 2^''X''. More generally, the set of functions ''X'' → ''Y'' is denoted ''Y''^''X''.

in Linear Algebra the set of all Linear Transformation s from a Vector Space ''V'' to another one, ''W'', over the same Field , is itself a vector space;

in Functional Analysis the same is seen for continuous linear transformations, including Topologies On The Vector Spaces in the above, and many of the major examples are function spaces carrying a Topology ; the best known examples include Hilbert Space s and Banach Space s.

in Functional Analysis the set of all functions from the Natural Number s to some set ''X'' is called a Sequence Space . It consists of the set of all possible Sequences of elements of ''X''.

in Topology , one may attempt to put a topology on the space of continuous functions from a Topological Space ''X'' to another one ''Y'', with utility depending on the nature of the spaces. A commonly used example is the Compact-open Topology . Also available is the Product Topology on the space of set theoretic functions (i.e. not necessarily continuous functions) ''Y''^''X''. In this context, this topology is also referred to as the Topology Of Pointwise Convergence .

in Algebraic Topology , the study of Homotopy Theory is essentially that of discrete invariants of function spaces;

in the theory of Stochastic Process es, the basic technical problem is how to construct a Probability Measure on a function space of ''paths of the process'' (functions of time);

in Category Theory the function space is called an Exponential Object . It appears in one way as the representation Canonical Bifunctor ; but as (single) functor, of type - , it appears as an Adjoint Functor to a functor of type (-×''X'') on objects;

in Lambda Calculus and Functional Programming , function space types are used to express the idea of Higher-order Function .

in Domain Theory , the basic idea is to find constructions from Partial Order s that can model lambda calculus, by creating a well-behaved Cartesian Closed Category .

LIST OF FUNCTION SPACES

Functional analysis

Abstract spaces

Concrete spaces

Schwartz Space of smooth functions of rapid decrease and its dual, tempered distributions

	CATEGORIES ABOUT FUNCTION SPACE

	topology of function spaces

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