If I use a Hermite-Gauss function as a basis which functions can I represent?

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I know that Hermite polynomials are orthogonal with eachother as follows:

$$\langle H_n,H_m \rangle=\int_{-\infty}^\infty H_n(x) H_m(x) \exp(-x^2) \,\mathrm dx$$

If I define a basis function (the Hermite functions) as follows:

$$ h_n(x) = H_n(x) \exp\left(-\dfrac{x^2}{2} \right)$$

Am I correct to assume that I can represent all continuous functions as follows:

$$f(x) = \Sigma a_n h_n(x)$$

Where:

$$a_n = \int_{-\infty}^\infty f(x) h_n(x) dx$$