Hilbert Space Separable iff Countable Dimension

Theorem

Let $H$ be a Hilbert space.

Then $H$ is a separable space if and only if it has countable dimension.

Proof

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Sources

• 1990: John B. Conway: A Course in Functional Analysis (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next) $I.4.16$