Finite-element wavelets on manifolds

We construct locally supported, continuous wavelets on manifolds that are given as the closure of a disjoint union of generalsmooth parametric images of an n-simplex. The wavelets are provento generate Riesz bases for Sobolev spaces H^s () when s (–1,3/2), if not limited by the global smoothness of . These resultsgeneralize the findings from Dahmen & Stevenson (1999) SIAMJ. Numer. Anal., 37, 319–352, where it was assumed thateach parametrization has a constant Jacobian determinant. Thewavelets can be arranged to satisfy the cancellation propertyof, in principle, any order, except for wavelets with supportsthat extend to different patches, which generally satisfy thecancellation property of only order 1.