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A Real Hilbert Space with an Orthonormal Basis is Separable

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.

Statement

In the setting of Real Hilbert Spaces: Standing Notation and Background, let HH be a real Hilbert space with inner product ⟨⋅,⋅⟩\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle, norm ∣⋅∣|\cdot| and distance dd, and let (ek)k∈N(e_{k})_{k\in\mathbb{N}} be an orthonormal basis of HH. Let Q\mathbb{Q} be the set of rational numbers, and for n∈Nn\in\mathbb{N} let Qn\mathbb{Q}^{n} be the set of nn-tuples in Q\mathbb{Q}. Let DD be the set of those z∈Hz\in H for which there are n∈Nn\in\mathbb{N} and q∈Qnq\in\mathbb{Q}^{n} with

z=∑k=1nqkek.z=\sum_{k=1}^{n}q_{k}e_{k}.

Then the following hold.

1. (A countable dense set) The set DD is countable and dense in HH.

2. (Separability) The metric space (H,d)(H,d) is separable.

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