Mexican hat wavelet transform of generalized functions in \(\mathcal{G}^{\prime}\) spaces (Q2052865)

The Mexican hat wavelet transform (MHWT) is just the standard continuous wavelet transform using the Mexican hat wavelet function, more precisely, \[ W_f(b,a):=\int_{\mathbb{R}} f(t) \overline{\psi_{b,a}}(t) dt,\qquad a>0,\ b\in \mathbb{R} \quad \mbox{with}\quad \psi_{b,a}(t)=a^{-1/2} \psi\left( \frac{t-b}{a}\right) \] and \(\psi\) is the Mexican hat wavelet and is the second derivative of the Gaussian function: \[ \psi(t)=(1-t^2) \exp\left(\frac{-t^2}{2}\right) =\frac{d^2}{dt^2} \exp\left(\frac{-t^2}{2}\right). \] A space \(\mathcal{G}\) is defined in Definition 1 and \(\mathcal{G}^\prime\) is its dual space consisting of certain generalized functions. The main goal of the paper is to discuss the Mexican hat wavelet transform on \(\mathcal{G}^\prime\) and its inversion in \(\mathcal{G}^\prime\) in Theorem 10. The characterizations of the Mexican hat wavelet transform of elements in \(\mathcal{G}\) and \(\mathcal{G}^\prime\) have been obtained in Theorems 12 and 16, respectively.