Continuous wavelet transform on the hyperboloid (Q2465763): Difference between revisions

The main advantages of the known continuous wavelet transforms (CWT) over the classical Fourier transform are its local and multiresolution nature, which provide the properties of a mathematical microscope. However, data analysis has undergone deep changes recently and the field faces new exciting challenges. A given feature shared by these problems is the importance of geometry: either important information is localized around highly structured submanifolds, or data types obey intrinsic nonlinear constraints. As a consequence of the challenges in complex data processing, the representation and analysis of signals in non-Euclidean geometry is now a recurrent problem in many scientific domains. Because of these demands, 2-spherical wavelets were recently developed and applied in various fields. A new similar CWT is constructed on the upper sheet of the 2-hyperboloid in this paper. A class of suitable dilations is defined on the hyperboloid through conic projection. The authors define a family of axisymmetric hyperbolic wavelets. An example of hyperbolic `difference' (difference-of-Gaussian) wavelet has been given. The continuous wavelet transform is obtained by convolution of the scaled axisymmetric wavelets in the Fourier-Helgason transform, which has a simpler form in this case. The wavelet transform is proved to be invertible whenever wavelets satisfy a particular admissibility condition. Some basic examples are provided and the limit at null curvature is discussed.