functional analysis

American  

noun

1. the branch of mathematics that deals with the theory of vector spaces and linear functionals.

---

Etymology

Origin of functional analysis

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Functional analysis based on these structures also revealed how a "prime editor" could achieve reverse transcription, synthesizing DNA from RNA, without "cutting" both strands of the double helix.

From Science Daily

“Talagrand is an exceptionally prolific mathematician whose work has transformed probability theory, functional analysis and statistics,” the academy said in its award citation.

From New York Times

By incorporating functional analysis and partial differential equation theory from mathematical analysis, this study extends previous investigations on two-dimensional fluid flows to encompass three-dimensional fluid dynamics with axial symmetry conditions.

From Science Daily

Thanks to Alarcon-Martinez and colleagues’ advanced morphological and functional analysis, we now have a road map to investigate TNT-mediated communication in brain function and dysfunction.

From Nature

“It’s been so exciting to see just a whole new scale of protein functional analysis that we’re able to do on these machines,” he says.

From Nature