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How can I able to show that $(S ^{\perp})^{\perp}$ is a finite dimensional vector space.

Let $H$ be a Hilbert space and $S\subseteq H$ be a finite subset. How can I able to show that $(S ^{\perp})^{\perp}$ is a finite dimensional vector space.
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On the existence of a bounded linear functional

Let $\mathcal{H}$ be a Hilbert space. By the Riesz Representation Theorem, we have that any bounded linear $\psi \in \mathcal{H}^{*}$ is of the form $\psi(h) = \langle h, g \rangle$ for some $g \in ...
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Normal $T\in B(H)$ has a nontrivial invariant subspace

I am wondering if the following is true: Every normal $T\in B(H)$ has a nontrivial invariant subspace if $\dim(H)>1$?
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Can a Hermitian operator on a tensor product space be represented as a sum of tensor products of Hermitian operators?

Consider a Hilbert space (or just a vector space over $\mathbb{C}$), which is a tensor product of several smaller Hilbert spaces: $$ H = H_1 \otimes \cdots \otimes H_n, $$ and let $\mathcal{H}$ be a ...
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Subspaces of Hilbert Spaces of finite dimension

Given a Hilbert space $H$ of finite dimension, why is any subspace of this space closed? I tried bashing out an answer using an arbitrary Cauchy sequence $\{ f_1 , f_2, \ldots \} \subset S \subset H $ ...
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Vector space generated by the tensor products of pauli matrices

Let $\sigma_0,\sigma_x,\sigma_y,\sigma_z$ stand for the $2\times 2$ identity matrix and the well known pauli matrices: \begin{equation} ...
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Dimension of a set and its closure are equal in an Inner-product space?

I want to show that, given a subset $M$ of an Inner Product space $X$. If $M$ is a total set then, $M^\perp=\{0\}$. Which I have shown using the completion of $X$, which will be a Hilbert Space. And ...
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Does the vector space spanned by a set of orthogonal basis contains the basis vectors themselves always?

I used to think that in any Vector space the space spanned by a set of orthogonal basis vectors contains the basis vectors themselves. But when I consider the vector space $\mathcal{L}^2(\mathbb{R})$ ...
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Direct sum $\Rightarrow$ Direct Integral, Tensor product $\Rightarrow$?

Is there a way to define a tensor product over a measure space(=index set) with a continuous measure for Hilbert spaces? For the sum we have the notion of a direct integral, here.
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Canonical examples of inner product spaces that are not Hilbert spaces?

That is, what are some good examples of vector spaces which are inner product spaces but in which not every Cauchy sequence converges?
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Connections between metrics, norms and scalar products (for understanding e.g. Banach and Hilbert spaces)

I am trying to understand the differences between $$ \begin{array}{|l|l|l|} \textbf{vector space} & \textbf{general} & \textbf{+ completeness}\\\hline \text{metric}& \text{metric ...
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Vector, Hilbert, Banach, Sobolev spaces

Trying to wrap my head around all these different spaces. Which one is the most general? Can you summarize the differences between them? Is there a notable space that I missed?
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Given two basis sets for a finite Hilbert space, does an unbiased vector exist?

Let $\{A_n\}$ and $\{B_n\}$ be two bases for an $N$-dimensional Hilbert space. Does there exist a unit vector $V$ such that: $$(V\cdot A_j)\;(A_j\cdot V) = (V\cdot B_j)\;(B_j\cdot V) = 1/N\;\;\; \ ...