Definition:Isometry (Hilbert Spaces)

Definition
Let $H, K$ be Hilbert spaces, and denote by $\innerprod \cdot \cdot_H$ and $\innerprod \cdot \cdot_K$ their respective inner products.

A linear map $U: H \to K$ is called an isometry :


 * $\forall g,h \in H: \innerprod g h_H = \innerprod {U g} {U h}_K$

Also see

 * Above definition of isometry is shown to be equivalent to an into isometry, when considering the Hilbert spaces as metric spaces.
 * An isomorphism between Hilbert spaces is seen to be an isometry.