Symmetry in Functional Analysis and Engineering Mathematics

Dear Colleagues,

Symmetries appear in a number of phenomena in nature and science and thus are either the object of study or a requirement when engineering applications are developed. This happens in many scientific and engineering fields including, inter alia, aerospace, agricultural, civil, design, electronic, or mechanical engineering. Sometimes the reason is purely aesthetic to enhance the final perception of the product or construction, quite commonly it is an economical reason as this may lower the design and production costs, but on occasion it is a need, for instance, for aerodynamical reasons.

On the other hand, symmetries also do appear under different features in functional analysis. Sometimes researchers have studied if a given property is kept in a symmetric way under different structural properties, for instance, when continuous linear forms are exchanged with continuous seminorms while studying weak barrelledness conditions. In another setting, quite commonly the symmetric property has been relaxed, for instance, in the definition of metric spaces to obtain some interesting generalizations. However, on occasion the symmetry itself is a requirement, such as in symmetric groups theory.

The study of symmetry is thus a matter of interest in mathematics, engineering, and other scientific fields, opening new lines of research where mathematical tools have been used and developed.

This Special Issue focuses on the most recent advances in functional analysis, engineering, and arising in all fields of science, engineering applications, and other applied fields where symmetry is tackled. 

Prof. Dr. Luis Manuel Sánchez Ruiz
Guest Editor

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