An algorithm for constructing symmetric orthogonal multiwavelets by matrix symmetric exten\-sion. (Q1427911)

Let \(\varphi _{1},\dots ,\varphi _{r}\) be functions in \(L^{2}({\mathbb R} ) \) with compact support such that the system of integer translations is orthogonal. Suppose that \(\Phi =(\varphi _{1},\dots ,\varphi _{r}) ^{t}\) is a solution of the vector refinement equation \[ \Phi (x) =m\sum_{k\in {\mathbb Z}}h(k) \Phi (mx-k) \] where \(m>1\) is a fixed \textit{even } number. In the paper it is assumed that the low pass filter \(H(z) \) is of the form \(H(z) =\sum_{k=0}^{(\alpha +1) m-1}h(k) z^{-k}.\) Based on the work of \textit{Q. Jiang} [Adv. Comput. Math. 12, No. 2--3, 189--211 (2000; Zbl 0937.42018)] the authors show the existence of symmetric or antisymmetric multiwavelets.