On near orthogonality of the Banach frames for the wave packet spaces (Q6975701)

This article investigates wave packet spaces \( W_{s}^{p,q}(\alpha, \beta) \) and their Banach frames, known as wave packet systems. These spaces offer a unified setting for various classic time-frequency localized function systems, including Gabor, wavelet, and shearlet frames. The main result is a rigorous proof of the near-orthogonality property, showing that the scalar products between different frame elements decay polynomially with a suitable phase-space metric.\N\NMain contributions:\N\begin{itemize}\N\item Generalizes numerous time-frequency systems within the framework of decomposition spaces.\N\item Defines a metric \( \rho(i, i^\prime ) \) for the index set of wave packet systems.\N\item Proves:\N\[\N|\langle \psi_i, \psi_{i^\prime } \rangle| \lesssim (1 + \rho(i, i^\prime ))^{-n}\N\]\Nensuring near-orthogonality and intrinsic time-frequency localization.\N\item Shows how this property enables sparse, near-diagonal matrix representations of linear operators, particularly for Fourier integral operators.\N\end{itemize}\N\NMathematical details:\N\NLet \( i = (j, m, l, k) \) and \( i^\prime = (j^\prime , m^\prime , l^\prime , k^\prime ) \) index the wave packets. Define\N\[\N\rho(i, i^\prime ) = |r_i - r_{i^\prime }| + |\theta_i - \theta_{i^\prime }| + |t_1(i, i^\prime )| + |t_2(i, i^\prime )|,\N\]\Nwhere \( r_i \), \( \theta_i \) denote frequency scale and orientation, and \( t_1\), \(t_2 \) are spatial localization coordinates. The main theorem claims:\N\[\N|\langle \psi_i, \psi_{i^\prime } \rangle| \leq C (1 + \rho(i, i^\prime ))^{-n}\N\]\Nfor \( n > 5 \), ensuring that the frame is intrinsically localized.