Showing that Sobolev spaces are Hilbert spaces?

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What (steps) do I need to show to show that Sobolev spaces

$$H_k(\Omega)$$

for all $k \in \mathbb{N}_0$

are Hilbert spaces?


Sobolev space:

Sobolev space $H_k (Ω)$ consists of all functions $u ∈ L_2 (Ω)$ for which the weak partial derivative $∂^α u$ is in $L_2(Ω)$ whenever $α ∈ N_0^n$ and $|α| ≤ k$.

Additionally some definitions may equip this space with an inner product and a norm.