Special affine Stockwell transform: theory, uncertainty principles and applications (Q6591685)

\textit{R. G. Stockwell} et al. [IEEE Trans. Signal Process. 44, No. 4, 998--1001 (1996; \url{doi:10.1109/78.492555})] introduced the transform ST named after him which combines the advantages of short-time Fourier transform and wavelet continuous transform. If \(\Psi_{a,b}(t)=|a|e^{iat}\Psi(a(t-b))\), \(a\in (0,+\infty)\), \(b\in\mathbb R\), then ST of a signal \(f\in L^2(\mathbb R)\) is \N\[\N[S_\Psi f](a,b)=(2\pi)^{-1/2}\int_{\mathbb R}f(t)\overline{\Psi_{a,b}(t)}\,dt.\N\]\NIn the paper, the special affine Stockwell transform is defined for \(f\in L^2(\mathbb R)\) by \N\[\N[SAST^N_\Psi f](a,b)=(2\pi)^{-1/2}\int_{\mathbb R}f(t)\overline{\Psi_{N,a,b}(t)}\,dt,\N\]\Nwhere \(N=(A,B,C,D;p,q)\) is a matrix parameter (\(AD-BC=1\)), \N\[\N\Psi_{N,a,b}(t)=|a|\overline{K_B}\Psi(a(t-b))\exp(iat+i(2At(b-t)-Dp^2)/(2B)),\N\]\N\(K_B\) is a special constant. Note that in the paper's definition of SAST, there is \(f(t)\) instead of \(f\) in the left-hand side.\N\NThe authors study the inversion formula, range theorem, SAST of the function \(\Psi_{N,a,b}\) and other analogues of classical Fourier transform results. Also, they prove counterparts of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, the logarithmic uncertainty principle, and Nazarov's uncertainty principle for SAST. The connection between the above-suggested SAST and the cross-special affine scaled Wigner distribution of two functions is established. Some applications of SAST to simulation problems are discussed.