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The paper aims to provide the reader with an introduction to the basic mathematical concepts of wavelets and the applications to the study of operators. The first part of this survey paper is mainly concerned with the interpretation of wavelet coefficients \(T(b,a)=\langle f,g_{b,a} \rangle\) of \(f\in L^2({\mathbf R}^n)\) with a wavelet \(g\in L^2({\mathbf R}^n)\) and \(g_{b,a}(x)={1\over a^{n}} g({x-b\over a})\). Here the position parameter \(b\) indicates which part of \(f\) is analyzed and \(a\) is related to the window size. The coefficients \(|T(b,a)|\) measure the strength of the function and its derivatives both globally and locally, in particular they admit the numerical analysis of singularities of \(f\). Further, the wavelet transform of asymptotic signals is studied. In the second part, some links between wavelets, elliptic differential operators and singular integral operators of Calderón-Zygmund type are presented. The wavelets decompositions can be used for characterization of some functional spaces. The author explains, how to represent an operator in a given wavelet basis, and to construct its associated matrix. Also the invertibility problem is studied. Finally, by adapting wavelets, the continuity of the Cauchy operator on Lipschitz graphs and Kato's conjecture are considered. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0871.00029].