Smooth Functions Associated with Wavelet Sets on ℝ d , d≥1, and Frame Bound Gaps

The theme is to smooth characteristic functions of Parseval frame wavelet sets by convolution in order to obtain implementable, computationally viable, smooth wavelet frames. We introduce the following: a new method to improve frame bound estimation; a shrinking technique to construct frames; and a nascent theory concerning frame bound gaps. The phenomenon of a frame bound gap occurs when certain sequences of functions, converging in L ² to a Parseval frame wavelet, generate systems with frame bounds that are uniformly bounded away from 1. We prove that smoothing a Parseval frame wavelet set wavelet on the frequency domain by convolution with elements of an approximate identity produces a frame bound gap. Furthermore, the frame bound gap for such frame wavelets in L ²(? ^d ) increases and converges as d increases.     

Optimal learning of bandlimited functions from localized sampling

An optimal algorithm for approximating bandlimited functions from localized sampling is established. Several equivalent formulations for the approximation error of the optimal algorithm are presented and its upper and lower bound estimates for the univariate case are provided. The estimates show that the approximation error decays exponentially (but not faster) as the number of localized samplings increases. As a consequence of these results, we obtain an upper bound estimate for the eigenvalues of an integral operator that arises in the bandwidth problem.     

Local analysis,cardinality, and split trick of quasi-biorthogonal frame wavelets

The notion of quasi-biorthogonal frame wavelets is a generalization of the notion of orthogonal wavelets. A quasi-biorthogonal frame wavelet with the cardinality r consists of r pairs of functions. In this paper we first analyze the local property of the quasi-biorthogonal frame wavelet and show that its each pair of functions generates reconstruction formulas of the corresponding subspaces. Next we show that the lower bound of its cardinalities depends on a pair of dual frame multiresolution analyses deriving it. Finally, we present a split trick and show that any quasi-biorthogonal frame wavelet can be split into a new quasi-biorthogonal frame wavelet with an arbitrarily large cardinality. For generality, we work in the setting of matrix dilations.     

Convexity estimates for the solutions of a class of semi-linear elliptic equations

In this paper, we are concerned with convexity estimates for solutions of a class of semi-linear elliptic equations involving the Laplacian with power-type nonlinearities. We consider auxiliary curvature functions which attain their minimum values on the boundary and then establish lower bound convexity estimates for the solutions. Then we give two applications of these convexity estimates. We use the deformation method to prove a theorem concerning the strictly power concavity properties of the smooth solutions to these semi-linear elliptic equations. Finally, we give a sharp lower bound estimate of the Gaussian curvature for the solution surface of some specific equation by the curvatures of the domain's boundary.     

Asymptotics of Christoffel functions on arcs and curves

For a system of smooth Jordan curves and arcs asymptotics for Christoffel functions is established. A separate new method is developed to handle the upper and lower estimates. In the course to the upper bound a theorem of Widom on the norm of Chebyshev polynomials is generalized.     

Approximately dual Gabor frames and almost perfect reconstruction based on a class of window functions

It is a well-known problem in Gabor analysis how to construct explicitly given dual frames associated with a given frame. In this paper we will consider a class of window functions for which approximately dual windows can be calculated explicitly. The method makes it possible to get arbitrarily close to perfect reconstruction by allowing the modulation parameter to vary. Explicit estimates for the deviation from perfect reconstruction are provided for some of the standard functions in Gabor analysis, e.g., the Gaussian and the two-sided exponential function.     

Minimal Frame Operator Norms Via Minimal Theta Functions

We investigate sharp frame bounds of Gabor frames with chirped Gaussians and rectangular lattices or, equivalently, the case of the standard Gaussian and general lattices. We prove that for even redundancy and standard Gaussian window the hexagonal lattice minimizes the upper frame bound using a result by Montgomery on minimal theta functions.     

Irregular sampling of wavelet and short-time Fourier transforms

We obtain irregular sampling theorems for the wavelet transform and the short-time Fourier transform. These sampling theorems yield irregular weighted frames for wavelets and Gabor functions with explicit estimates for the frame bounds.     

Error estimates for the finite point method

In this paper, error estimates for the finite point method are presented in Sobolev spaces in multiple dimensions when nodes and shape functions satisfy certain conditions. From the error analysis of the finite point method, the error bound of the numerical solution is directly related to the radii of the weight functions and the condition number of the coefficient matrix.     

Explicit constructions and properties of generalized shift-invariant systems in $L^{2}(\mathbb {R})$

Generalized shift-invariant (GSI) systems, originally introduced by Hernández et al. and Ron and Shen, provide a common frame work for analysis of Gabor systems, wavelet systems, wave packet systems, and other types of structured function systems. In this paper we analyze three important aspects of such systems. First, in contrast to the known cases of Gabor frames and wavelet frames, we show that for a GSI system forming a frame, the Calderón sum is not necessarily bounded by the lower frame bound. We identify a technical condition implying that the Calderón sum is bounded by the lower frame bound and show that under a weak assumption the condition is equivalent with the local integrability condition introduced by Hernández et al. Second, we provide explicit and general constructions of frames and dual pairs of frames having the GSI-structure. In particular, the setup applies to wave packet systems and in contrast to the constructions in the literature, these constructions are not based on characteristic functions in the Fourier domain. Third, our results provide insight into the local integrability condition (LIC).     

Sharp estimates for Hübner’s upper bound function with applications

New better estimates, which are given in terms of elementary functions, for the function r → (2/π)(1 - r2)K(r)K (r) + log r appearing in Hübner's sharp upper bound for the Hersch-Pfluger distortion function are obtained. With these estimates, some known bounds for the Hersch-Pfluger distortion function in quasiconformal theory are improved, thus improving the explicit quasiconformal Schwarz lemma and some known estimates for the solutions to the Ramanujan modular equations.     

Gabor (super)frames with Hermite functions

We investigate vector-valued Gabor frames (sometimes called Gabor superframes) based on Hermite functions H _n . Let h = (H ₀, H ₁, . . . , H _n ) be the vector of the first n + 1 Hermite functions. We give a complete characterization of all lattices \({\Lambda \subseteq \mathbb{R} ^2}\) such that the Gabor system \({\{ {\rm e}^{2\pi i \lambda _{2} t}{\bf h} (t-\lambda _1): \lambda = (\lambda _1, \lambda _2) \in \Lambda \}}\) is a frame for \({L^2 (\mathbb{R} , \mathbb{C} ^{n+1})}\). As a corollary we obtain sufficient conditions for a single Hermite function to generate a Gabor frame and a new estimate for the lower frame bound. The main tools are growth estimates for the Weierstrass σ-function, a new type of interpolation problem for entire functions on the Bargmann–Fock space, and structural results about vector-valued Gabor frames.     

Measures on double or resonant eigenvalues for linear Schrödinger operator

In this paper we consider linear Schrödinger operator with double or resonant eigenvalues. The main result is the bound of the measure (in a suitable space of functions) of the potentials leading to such double or resonant eigenvalues. Namely we present measure type estimates evaluating neighborhoods of the so-called double or resonant set.     

On the dimensions of commutative subalgebras and subgroups

We consider the functions that bound the dimensions of finite-dimensional associative or Lie algebras in terms of the dimensions of their commutative subalgebras. It is proved that these functions have quadratic growth. As a result, we get similar estimates for the dimension of a Lie group with bounded dimensions of its Abelian Lie subgroups. __________ Translated from Fundamentalnaya i Prikladnaya Matematika, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 143–157, 2006.     

Gaussian distributions and phase space Weyl–Heisenberg frames

Gaussian states are at the heart of quantum mechanics and play an essential role in quantum information processing. In this paper we provide approximation formulas for the expansion of a general Gaussian symbol in terms of elementary Gaussian functions. For this purpose we introduce the notion of a “phase space frame” associated with a Weyl–Heisenberg frame. Our results give explicit formulas for approximating general Gaussian symbols in phase space by phase space shifted standard Gaussians as well as explicit error estimates and the asymptotic behavior of the approximation.     

The Sharp Lower Bound of the First Eigenvalue of the Sub-Laplacian on a Quaternionic Contact Manifold

The main technical result of the paper is a Bochner type formula for the sub-Laplacian on a quaternionic contact manifold. With the help of this formula we establish a version of Lichnerowicz’s theorem giving a lower bound of the eigenvalues of the sub-Laplacian under a lower bound on the Sp(n)Sp(1) components of the qc-Ricci curvature. It is shown that in the case of a 3-Sasakian manifold the lower bound is reached iff the quaternionic contact manifold is a round 3-Sasakian sphere. Another goal of the paper is to establish a priori estimates for square integrals of horizontal derivatives of smooth compactly supported functions. As an application, we prove a sharp inequality bounding the horizontal Hessian of a function by its sub-Laplacian on the quaternionic Heisenberg group.     

On a problem of Karatsuba

We obtain lower bounds for the fractional moments of linear combinations of analogs of the Hardy function. In addition, we apply these estimates to the Karatsuba problem of finding a lower bound for the number of zeros of the linear combination of analogs of Hardy functions on the interval (0, T].     

Gap functions for vector variational inequalities

In this article, we intend to study several scalar-valued gap functions for Stampacchia and Minty-type vector variational inequalities. We first introduce gap functions based on a scalarization technique and then develop a gap function without any scalarizing parameter. We then develop its regularized version and under mild conditions develop an error bound for vector variational inequalities with strongly monotone data. Further, we introduce the notion of a partial gap function which satisfies all, but one of the properties of the usual gap function. However, the partial gap function is convex and we provide upper and lower estimates of its directional derivative.     

Orthogonal cubic spline collocation method for the extended Fisher–Kolmogorov equation

A second-order splitting combined with orthogonal cubic spline collocation method is formulated and analysed for the extended Fisher–Kolmogorov equation. With the help of Lyapunov functional, a bound in maximum norm is derived for the semidiscrete solution. Optimal error estimates are established for the semidiscrete case. Finally, using the monomial basis functions we present the numerical results in which the integration in time is performed using RADAU 5 software library.     

About complexity of implementing threshold functions

We study properties and ways of classification of threshold functions as well as known estimates of complexity of implementing in the functional elements type of circuits. We determine a dependence of the maximum values of variables weights on their number. Using the intermediate conversion method we obtain a precise upper bound of complexity of implementing arbitrary threshold functions in the functional elements type of circuits.