Let H be the space of all functions on the real line R of the form p(x)e−x2/2, where p is a polynomial with complex coefficients. Make H into an inner-product space, in the usual way, by defining the inner product to be
⟨f,g⟩=∫−∞∞f(t)g(t)dt,f,g∈H
You should assume, without proof, that this equation does define an inner product on H. Define the norm by ∥f∥2=⟨f,f⟩1/2 for f∈H. Now define a sequence of functions (Fn)n⩾0 on R by
Fn(x)=(−1)nex2/2dxndne−x2
Prove that (Fn) is an orthogonal sequence in H and that it spans H.
For every f∈H define the Fourier transform f of f by