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The theory of the Hilbert subspaces of a topological vector space and, particularly, the theory of their integration is useful for the study of eigenfunction expansions. Let F be a barrelled locally convex space and let \(F^*\) be its weak anti-dual. It is well-known that the Hilbert subspaces of \(F^*\) which are continuously imbedded in \(F^*\) correspond in a one-to-one way to the positive linear operators \(T\in L(F,F^*)\) (T is positive if (Tf,f)\(\geq 0\) for all \(f\in F)\). Let X be a locally compact space. A semi-spectral measure \(\Phi\) on X with values in \(L(F,F^*)\), i.e. a positive \(L(F,F^*)\)-valued Radon measure, is called decomposable, if there exists a positive scalar Radon measure m on X such that \(\Phi\) is dominated by m. Let E be a locally convex space with the same properties as F and let \(J\in L(E,F)\). The author proves that if J fulfills a certain condition generalizing the Hilbert-Schmidt property, then for every semi-spectral measure \(\Phi\) with values in \(L(F,F^*)\) the semi-spectral measure \(J^*\Phi (\cdot)J\) is decomposable. This contains reslts of Ju. M. Berezanskiĭ, C. Foiaş and a result of F. Mautner on the decomposability of Carleman operators. For an operator in a Hilbert space which, roughly speaking, can be represented by an integral with respect to a semi-spectral measure and which fulfills some extension assumptions the above decompositions lead to eigenfunction expansions. The author constructs, in the Hilbert subspace framework, decompositions of the spectral measure of a selfadjoint operator in a Hilbert space with the help of the resolvent of the operator. The theory is applied to Sturm-Liouville operators, and the main results of the Weyl-Kodaira theory can easily be recovered. Furthermore, applications are given to Schrödinger operators with -\(\Delta\)- relatively compact potentials and with rotation symmetric potentials. The study of decomposable semi-spectral measures is extended to the consideration of decomposable representations of commutative algebras.