Adaptive Convolutions

arXiv1805.00703MaRDI QIDQ6301066FDOQ6301066

Authors: Ilja Klebanov 

Publication date: 2 May 2018

Abstract: When smoothing a function $f$ via convolution with some kernel, it is often desirable to adapt the amount of smoothing locally to the variation of $f$. For this purpose, the constant smoothing coefficient of regular convolutions needs to be replaced by an adaptation function $mu$. This function is matrix-valued which allows for different degrees of smoothing in different directions. The aim of this paper is twofold. The first is to provide a theoretical framework for such adaptive convolutions. The second purpose is to derive a formula for the automatic choice of the adaptation function $mu=m{u}_f$ in dependence of the function $f$ to be smoothed. This requires the notion of the emph{local variation} of $f$, the quantification of which relies on certain phase space transformations of $f$. The derivation is guided by meaningful axioms which, among other things, guarantee invariance of adaptive convolutions under shifting and scaling of $f$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical smoothing, curve fitting (65D10) Convolution as an integral transform (44A35) Fourier and Fourier-Stieltjes transforms and other transforms of Fourier type (42B10)

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