Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-163).
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ch. 1. The development of functional analysis: Infinite systems of linear equations ; Integral equations ; The problem of moments ; Supplementary remarks on the work of Hilbert, Riesz and Helley ; Axiomatics ; Operator theory -- ch. 2. The development of the notion of linear space: Bolzano ; Laguerre ; Grassmann ; Peano -- ch. 3. General analysis: The Italian school ; Gereal analysis ; Critical remarks -- ch. 4. Some characteristic topics: The theorem of Weierstrass ; Banach analogies ; Haar measure ; Germs of functions ; Non-archimedean analysis ; Classical problems ; Some fundamental theorems in functional analysis -- Final remarks.