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In mathematics, a functional is a certain type of function. The exact definition of the term varies depending on the subfield (and sometimes even the author).
- In linear algebra, it is synonymous with a linear form, which is a linear mapping from a vector space into its field of scalars (that is, it is an element of the dual space )[1]
- In functional analysis and related fields, it refers to a mapping from a space into the field of real or complex numbers.[2][3] In functional analysis, the term linear functional is a synonym of linear form;[3][4][5] that is, it is a scalar-valued linear map. Depending on the author, such mappings may or may not be assumed to be linear, or to be defined on the whole space [citation needed]
- In computer science, it is synonymous with a higher-order function, which is a function that takes one or more functions as arguments or returns them.
This article is mainly concerned with the second concept, which arose in the early 18th century as part of the calculus of variations. The first concept, which is more modern and abstract, is discussed in detail in a separate article, under the name linear form. The third concept is detailed in the computer science article on higher-order functions.
In the case where the space is a space of functions, the functional is a "function of a function",[6] and some older authors actually define the term "functional" to mean "function of a function". However, the fact that is a space of functions is not mathematically essential, so this older definition is no longer prevalent.[citation needed]
The term originates from the calculus of variations, where one searches for a function that minimizes (or maximizes) a given functional. A particularly important application in physics is search for a state of a system that minimizes (or maximizes) the action, or in other words the time integral of the Lagrangian.
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Duality
The mapping
Provided that is a linear function from a vector space to the underlying scalar field, the above linear maps are dual to each other, and in functional analysis both are called linear functionals.
Definite integral
Integrals such as
- the area underneath the graph of a positive function
- norm of a function on a set
- the arclength of a curve in 2-dimensional Euclidean space
Inner product spaces
Given an inner product space and a fixed vector the map defined by is a linear functional on The set of vectors such that is zero is a vector subspace of called the null space or kernel of the functional, or the orthogonal complement of denoted
For example, taking the inner product with a fixed function defines a (linear) functional on the Hilbert space of square integrable functions on
Localityedit
If a functional's value can be computed for small segments of the input curve and then summed to find the total value, the functional is called local. Otherwise it is called non-local. For example:
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