General Theory (wiley... — Linear Operators, Part I:

: The lion wants to eat the man; the man wants to survive.

: It covers the general theory of linear operators, including spectral theory and the behavior of operators in Banach spaces. Linear Operators, Part I: General Theory (Wiley...

: A famished lion and a man are trapped inside a closed circular arena. : The lion wants to eat the man; the man wants to survive

Aside from being a reference for pursuit games, the book itself is a monumental work in : Authors : Nelson Dunford and Jacob T. Schwartz. Linear Operators, Part I: General Theory (Wiley...

While by Nelson Dunford and Jacob T. Schwartz is a foundational mathematics textbook, it is often associated with a famous mathematical "story" or problem involving a lion and a man in a circular arena . The Lion and the Man Story