Properties of finite dual fusion frames (Q2350297)

The authors study fusion frames in a finite dimensional Hilbert space \(\mathcal H\), that is, sets \((\mathcal W, w)=\{(W_i,w_i)\}_{i=1}^n\) where each \(W_i\) is a closed subspace of \(\mathcal H\), \(w_i>0\) and \[ \alpha \|f\|^2 \leq \sum_{i=1}^n w_i^2\| \pi_{W_i}(f)\|^2 \leq \beta \|f\|^2, \] for all \(f\in \mathcal H\), where \(0< \alpha \leq \beta <\infty\) and \(\pi_{W_i}\) is the orthogonal projection onto \(W_i\). The synthesis and analysis operators are defined by \(T_{\mathcal W, w}(\{f_i\}_{i=1}^n)= \sum_{i=1}^n w_if_i\) when \(f_i\in W_i\) and and \(T^*_{\mathcal W, w}(f)= \{w_i\pi_{W_i}(f)\}_{i=1}^n\). A dual fusion frame of \((\mathcal W, w)\) is a fusion frame \((\mathcal V, v)\) such that there is a bounded linear operator \(Q\) such that \(T_{\mathcal V, v}QT^*_{\mathcal W, w}= I_{\mathcal H}\). The topics studied include the question when there exist duals different from the canonical one, the relation between dual fusion frame systems and projective reconstruction systems and optimal reconstruction under erasures. Examples illustrating the results are given.