Step refinable functions and orthogonal MRA on Vilenkin groups (Q485212)

The author approaches the problem of constructing refinable functions and multiresolution analysis (MRA) on the zero-dimensional locally compact Vilenkin groups. He provides necessary and sufficient conditions on a refinable step function under which this function generates an orthogonal MRA in the \(L_2(G)\) spaces on the Vilenkin group G. A special class of refinable step functions (defined with restrictions on the mask) that generates an orthogonal MRA on Vilenkin groups is characterized in terms of a support condition on the function Fourier transform. Moreover, the author provides a theorem that shows the sharpness of this result.