Frames and bases. An introductory course (Q2642415)

The author has already written another excellent book on the subject [An introduction to frames and Riesz bases. Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis. (Boston), MA: Birkhäuser. (2003; Zbl 1017.42022)]. The main difference between both is that the book under review is meant to be a textbook, and is suitable for use in a graduate course. This book focuses on basic topics, without too many side remarks. A number of exercises is included; they appear at the end of each chapter. Some of the removed material from the authors' previous book now appears in these exercises. Here is a description of the chapters. Chapter 1 gives an introduction to frames in finite--dimensional vector spaces with an inner product. Chapter 2 collects some definitions and conventions concerning infinite--dimensional vector spaces, with special emphasis on \(L^2(\mathbb{R})\). Chapter 3 deals with the theory of bases for Hilbert and Banach spaces. The most important part of the chapter is a detailed discussion of Bessel sequences and Riesz bases. Chapter 4 highlights some of the limitations on the properties one can obtain from bases. This provides a motivation for considering the generalizations of bases studied in the rest of the book. Chapter 5 contains the core material about frames in Hilbert spaces. It gives a detailed description of frames with full proofs, relates frames and Riesz bases, and provides various ways of constructing frames. Chapter 6 introduces B--splines and their main properties. Chapters 7--11 deal with frames having a special structure. A central part concerns theoretical conditions for obtaining dual pairs of frames and explicit constructions thereof. Frames consisting of translates of a single function of \(L^2(\mathbb{R})\) are discussed in Chapter 7. In Chapter 8, this discussion is extended to frames generated by translations of several functions. These frames naturally lead to Gabor frames in \(L^2(\mathbb{R})\), which is the subject of Chapter 9. The discrete counterpart in \(\ell^2(\mathbb{Z})\) is treated in Chapter 10; in particular, it is shown that one can obtain Gabor frames in \(\ell^2(\mathbb{Z})\) by sampling of Gabor frames in \(L^2(\mathbb{R})\). Wavelet frames are introduced in Chapter 11. The main part of the chapter is formed by explicit constructions via multiscale methods, but the chapter also contains a section about general wavelet frames.