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Hello,
I am having a question regarding how eigenfunctions are orthogonal in Hilbert space, or what does that even mean (other than the inner product is zero). I mean, I know in ##\mathbb {R^{3}}##, vectors are orthogonal when they are right angles to each other.
However, how can functions be "orthogonal", in the sense of being perpendicular, and does Hilbert Space have infinite dimensions?
I am having a question regarding how eigenfunctions are orthogonal in Hilbert space, or what does that even mean (other than the inner product is zero). I mean, I know in ##\mathbb {R^{3}}##, vectors are orthogonal when they are right angles to each other.
However, how can functions be "orthogonal", in the sense of being perpendicular, and does Hilbert Space have infinite dimensions?