Carlos Cabrelli, Ursula M. Molter
Density of the Set of Generators of Wavelet Systems
Preprint series: ESI preprints

MSC:

42C15 Series of general orthogonal functions, generalized Fourier expansions, nonorthogonal expansions

42C30 Completeness of sets of functions

Abstract: Given a function $\psi$ in $ \LL^2(\R^d)$, the affine (wavelet) system generated by $\psi$, associated
to an invertible matrix $a$ and a lattice $\zG$, is the collection of functions
$\{|\det a|^{j/2} \psi(a^jx-\gamma): j \in \Z, \gamma \in \zG\}$.
In this article we prove that the set of functions generating affine systems that are
a Riesz basis of $ \LL^2(\R^d)$ is dense
in $ \LL^2(\R^d)$.

We also prove that a stronger result is true for affine systems that are a frame of $\LL^2(\R^d)$.
In this case we show that the generators associated to a fixed but arbitrary dilation
are a dense set.

Furthermore, we analyze the orthogonal case in which we prove that the set of generators of orthogonal (not necessarily complete) affine systems, that are compactly supported in frequency,
are dense in the unit sphere of $ \LL^2(\R^d)$ with the induced metric. As a byproduct we
introduce the $p$-Grammian of a function and prove a convergence result of this Grammian as a function of the lattice.
This result gives insight in the problem of oversampling of affine systems.

Keywords: Wavelet Set, affine systems, Riesz basis wavelets, Wavelet Frames
Notes: second and final version, to appear in Constr. Approx.