The finite combinations of an orthonormal basis with rational coefficients form a countable dense set, so a real Hilbert space with an orthonormal basis is separable.
In the setting of Real Hilbert Spaces: Standing Notation and Background, let be a real Hilbert space with inner product , norm and distance , and let be an orthonormal basis of . Let be the set of rational numbers, and for let be the set of -tuples in . Let be the set of those for which there are and with
Then the following hold.
1. (A countable dense set) The set is countable and dense in .
2. (Separability) The metric space is separable.
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