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Every bounded sequence in a real Hilbert space has a weakly convergent subsequence

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QuasiFejerOpial.exists_weak_subsequence

by Yuxuan Xu · Oct 23, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

functional-analysishilbert-spacesequential-compactnessweak-convergence

Let HHH be a real Hilbert space and let (xn)n≥0(x_n)_{n\ge0}(xn​)n≥0​ be a norm-bounded sequence: there is a real RRR such that ∥xn∥≤R\|x_n\|\le R∥xn​∥≤R for every nnn. Then there are a strictly increasing map r:N→Nr:\mathbb N\to\mathbb Nr:N→N and a point p∈Hp\in Hp∈H such that xr(k)⇀px_{r(k)}\rightharpoonup pxr(k)​⇀p. Here weak convergence means ⟨xr(k),y⟩→⟨p,y⟩\langle x_{r(k)},y\rangle\to\langle p,y\rangle⟨xr(k)​,y⟩→⟨p,y⟩ for every y∈Hy\in Hy∈H. No separability or finite-dimensionality assumption is imposed on HHH. This is weak sequential compactness for bounded sequences in a Hilbert space, used as the compactness step in quasi-Fejer/Opial convergence arguments.

Preamble
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_ThreeOpSplitting_Convergence_WeakConvergence
open Filter Topology InnerProductSpace
open ThreeOpSplitting.Convergence
universe u
Formal statement
namespace QuasiFejerOpial
theorem exists_weak_subsequence {E : Type u} [NormedAddCommGroup E]
    [InnerProductSpace ℝ E] [CompleteSpace E]
    (x : ℕ → E) (R : ℝ) (hR : ∀ n, ‖x n‖ ≤ R) :
    ∃ r : ℕ → ℕ, StrictMono r ∧ ∃ p : E, WeakTendsto (x ∘ r) p := by sorry

end QuasiFejerOpial
Source
University of Waterloo PMATH453, Chapter 2: Hilbert Spaces, Theorem 2.47, printed page 13 (PDF page 13), https://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~snew/PMATH453/Chap2HilbertSpaces.pdf . Real-Hilbert-space specialization of the stated weak subsequence theorem.

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