this volume continues our series of texts devoted to functional analysis methods in mathematical physics. in volume i we announced a table of contents for volume ii. however, in the preparation of the material it became clear that we would be unable to treat the subject matter in sufficient depth in one volume. thus, the volume contains chapters ix and x; we expect that a third volume will appear in the near future containing the rest of the material announced as "analysis of operators." we hope to continue this series with an additional volume on algebraic methods.
