The construction of \(G\)-invariant finite tight frames (Q334959)

This paper considers finite tight frames (for a \(d\)-dimensional Hilbert space \(\mathcal H\)) which are the \(G\)-orbit of one or more vectors, equivalently, \(G\)-invariant frames. The authors give a complete characterisation of when the \(G\)-orbit of vectors \(w_1, \dots , w_r\) is a tight frame for \(\mathcal H\) (Theorems 2.8 and 2.15). This general result is constructive, and contains many known results as special cases, e.g., harmonic frames (one generator, and \(G\) abelian). From it, one can determine the minimal number of generators for a \(G\)-invariant tight frame (Section 3). The authors do this calculation for the spaces of orthogonal polynomials of fixed degree on an \(n\)-gon and on a cube (Section 4). Another application considered is the construction of \(G\)-invariant fusion frames.