ABSTRACT

Chapter 2

Hilbert Spaces

2.1 Denitions and examples

In the last chapter we considered only nite dimensional Hilbert spaces.

We now present the innite dimensional theory, paying particular at-

tention to the analogies between Hilbert spaces and sets. As we saw in

Chapter 1, this analogy is grounded in physical reality, and it will be

the basis of all of our subsequent work.