Orthonormal bases generated by Cuntz algebras (Q2257777)

The Cuntz algebra \(\mathcal{O}_N\) is the \(C^*\)-algebra generated by \(N\) isometries \(S_i,\,\, i = 0, \cdots, N - 1\), satisfying \(S_i^*S_j=\delta_{ij}\) and \(\sum_{i=1}^{N-1}S_iS_i^*\). O. Bratteli and P. E. T. Jørgensen showed how one can construct orthonormal wavelet bases from various choices of quadrature mirror filters; see [\textit{O. Bratteli} and \textit{P. E. T. Jørgensen}, Integral Equations Oper. Theory 28, No.4, 382--443 (1997; Zbl 0897.46054)] and [\textit{O. Bratteli} and \textit{P. E. T. Jørgensen}, Wavelets through a looking glass. The world of the spectrum. Basel: Birkhäuser (2002; Zbl 1012.42023)]. In the paper under review, the authors show how some orthonormal bases including Fourier bases on fractal measures, generalized Walsh bases on the unit interval and piecewise exponential bases on the middle third Cantor set, can be generated by representations of the Cuntz algebra using some unitary matrix valued functions.