Every frame is a sum of three (but not two) orthonormal bases -- and other frame representations (Q1282026)

Let \(H\) be a Hilbert space. A sequence \((x_n)\) in \(H\) is called a frame for \(H\) if there are constants \(0<A\leq B\) such that \( A\|x\|^2 \leq \sum_n |\langle x, x_n \rangle |^2 \leq B \|x\|^2, \) for all \(x\in H \). A frame is called tight if \(A=B\). In this paper the author shows that every frame for a Hilbert space \(H\) can be written as a (multiple of a) sum of three orthonormal bases for \(H\). It is also obtained that a frame can be represented as a linear combination of two orthonormal bases if and only if it is a Riesz basis. Furthermore, he shows that every frame can be written as a (multiple of a) sum of two tight frames with frame bounds one or a sum of an orthonormal basis and a Riesz basis.