The definition of [entanglement entropy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_entanglement#Entropy) in Quantum Field Theory involves decompositing a Hilbert space into a tensor product $\mathcal{H} = \mathcal{H}_A \otimes \mathcal{H}_B$. As an example, is it possible to decompose the $L^2$ hilbert space $L^2([0,1], dx)$ into the tensor product of two Hilbert spaces just by splitting the interval? Is there "mutual information"? To what extent is it possible to construct the value of an $L^2$ function on $[\tfrac{1}{2},1]$ using information from $[0,\tfrac{1}{2}]$? Or is there no mutual information, and it is possible to have an $L^2$ function on $[0,1]$ gluing together such functions on the left and right halves?