Hilbert space
nounEtymology Named after German mathematician David Hilbert (1862–1943).
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A generalized Euclidean space in which mathematical functions take the place of points; crucial to the understanding of quantum mechanics and other applications.
Functional analysis
- Derived terms
- isohilbert space, projective Hilbert space
- Related terms
- Banach space, Fréchet space, inner product space, linear algebra, metric space, normed space, pre-Hilbert space, topological vector space, vector space
- Hypernyms
- inner product space
- Hyponyms
- Euclidean space, projective Hilbert space