Wavelets for iterated function systems

We construct a wavelet and a generalised Fourier basis with respect to some fractal measure given by a one-dimensional iterated function system. In this paper we will not assume that these systems are given by linear contractions generalising in this way some previous work of Dutkay, Jorgensen, and Pedersen to the non-linear setting. As a byproduct we are able to provide a Fourier basis also for such linear fractals like the Middle Third Cantor Set which have been left out by previous approaches.     

Iterated function systems, Ruelle operators, and invariant projective measures

We introduce a Fourier-based harmonic analysis for a class of discrete dynamical systems which arise from Iterated Function Systems. Our starting point is the following pair of special features of these systems. (1) We assume that a measurable space comes with a finite-to-one endomorphism which is onto but not one-to-one. (2) In the case of affine Iterated Function Systems (IFSs) in , this harmonic analysis arises naturally as a spectral duality defined from a given pair of finite subsets in of the same cardinality which generate complex Hadamard matrices.

Our harmonic analysis for these iterated function systems (IFS) is based on a Markov process on certain paths. The probabilities are determined by a weight function on . From we define a transition operator acting on functions on , and a corresponding class of continuous -harmonic functions. The properties of the functions in are analyzed, and they determine the spectral theory of . For affine IFSs we establish orthogonal bases in . These bases are generated by paths with infinite repetition of finite words. We use this in the last section to analyze tiles in .