example of non-separable Hilbert space
As an exaple of a Hilbert space which is not separable
, one may
consider the following function space:
Consider real-valued functions on the real line but, instead of the
usual norm, use the following inner product:
The first thing to note about this is that non-trivial functions have norm 0. For instance, any function of has zero norm according to this inner product.
Define the Hilbert space as the set of equivalence classes of
functions for which this norm is finite modulo functions for which it
is zero. Note that and are orthogonal
under this
norm if . Hence, the set of functions , where
is a real number, form an orthonormal set. Since the number of real
numbers is uncountable, we have an uncountably infinite orthonormal set,
so this Hilbert space is not separable.
It is important not to confuse what we are doing here with the Fourier
integral. In that case, we are dealing with , the functions
have infinite norm (so they are not elements of that
Hilbert space) and the expansion of a function in terms of them is a
direct integral. By contrast, in the case propounded here, the
expansion of a function of this space in terms of them would take the
form of a direct sum
, just as with the Fourier series of a function on
a finite interval.
Title | example of non-separable Hilbert space |
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Canonical name | ExampleOfNonseparableHilbertSpace |
Date of creation | 2013-03-22 15:44:25 |
Last modified on | 2013-03-22 15:44:25 |
Owner | rspuzio (6075) |
Last modified by | rspuzio (6075) |
Numerical id | 6 |
Author | rspuzio (6075) |
Entry type | Example |
Classification | msc 46C05 |
Related topic | AlmostPeriodicFunction |