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    It is not the case that The separable Hilbert space formulation of quantum mechanics is unsatisfactory.

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    • 1.The trace of the identity operator is infinite in an infinite-dimensional separable Hilbert space, preventing the definition of a correctly normalized a priori probability for measurement outcomes.
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    • 2.Unbounded observable operators give rise to domain problems.
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    • 1.Von Neumann's spectral theorem requires rigged Hilbert spaces (Gel'fand triples) to handle continuous spectra rigorously, revealing separable Hilbert space as insufficient.
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    • 2.Dirac's bra-ket formalism—indispensable to quantum mechanics practice—is formally inconsistent within separable Hilbert space, requiring distributional extensions beyond it.
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    • 3.The mathematical framework physicists actually use presupposes structures (delta functions, plane waves) that only become rigorous in the larger rigged Hilbert space setting.
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    • 1.Superselection rules partition quantum state spaces into inequivalent sectors that cannot be represented within any single separable Hilbert space, as Haag's theorem demonstrates.
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    • 2.Algebraic quantum field theory, following Haag and Kastler, shows that inequivalent representations of the CCRs are physically distinct, making the separable Hilbert space choice underdetermined and arbitrary.
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