Equivalence between two orthonormal bases in a Hilbert space

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I want to prove that if I have two orthonormal basis in a Hilbert space labeled by $$ | \theta \rangle, | E \rangle, $$ then the following relationship should hold: $$ |E\rangle = \left( \frac{dE}{d\theta} \right)^{-1/2} |\theta \rangle ,$$ where $$E = 4 \sin^2 \frac{\theta}{2} $$ are both eigenvalues of a Hamiltonian with respective eigenvalues.

I have an idea of how to prove it, but it's definitely not a formal proof. My idea was to impose the equivalence: $$\delta(\theta - \theta') = \delta (E-E') = \langle \theta | \theta' \rangle = \langle E | E' \rangle .$$

To semplify the notation, let's shift everything: $$E-E' \rightarrow E \quad \quad \quad \theta - \theta' \rightarrow \theta .$$ Then, by the definition of the dirac delta of a function: $$\delta (E(\theta)) = \sum_i \frac{\delta(\theta - \theta_i)}{|E'(\theta_i)|} = \delta (\theta).$$

Now, I don't know how to formally proceed to split this derivative term into its two square roots in order to get the equivalence on top.

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For the map to be bijective (monotonic), you might as well choose $E\in [0,2], ~~\theta \in [0,\pi/2]$. You garbled your equivalence, then.

Note $E= 2(1-\cos\theta), \leadsto dE/d\theta= 2\sin\theta$.

You wish to see how the normalizations of the two labels can be harmonized, $$ |E\rangle = c |\theta \rangle ,\\ \langle E | E' \rangle =\delta (E-E')=c~c'\langle \theta | \theta' \rangle = c'~c~\delta(\theta - \theta') , $$ as you have changed the integration measure of the variable labels of your states.

Indeed, for your variables,
$$\delta (E(\theta)-E(\theta')) = \frac{\delta(\theta - \theta')}{|dE(\theta)/d\theta|} = c^2 \delta(\theta - \theta'),\\ \leadsto c=\frac{1}{\sqrt{dE/d\theta}} .$$