Re: separable Hilbert space


David Macmanus wrote:
> Can anyone give an example of a Hilbert space that isn't separable?
> Separable Hilbert spaces have orthonormal bases which are either finite
> or infinite, but countable. So I guess I'm wondering what's a space that
> has an uncountable basis set of vectors.

Try a fourier transform.

> Thanks,
> David.
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