Shearlet approximation of functions with discontinuous derivatives

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Abstract: We demonstrate that shearlet systems yield superior N-term approximation rates compared with wavelet systems of functions whose first or higher order derivatives are smooth away from smooth discontinuity curves. We will also provide an improved estimate for the decay of shearlet coefficients that intersect a discontinuity curve non-tangentially.


A function \(f\) is said to be cartoon-like if it is given by \(f= g_1 + \chi_B \cdot g_2\), with \(g_1, g_2 \in C^2\) having supports in \((0,1)^2\). Here \(\chi_B\) is the characteristic function of \(B \subset (0,1)^2\) with \(\partial B \in C^2\). Let \(\{ \phi_j \}^\infty_{j=1}\) be a system such that any \(f\in L_2 (R^2)\) can be represented as \(f=\sum^\infty_{j=1} c_j (f) \phi_j\). Then the related best \(N\)-term approximation \(\sigma_N (f)\) is given by NEWLINE\[NEWLINE \sigma_N (f) = \inf \| f-g \, | L_2 (\mathbb R^2) \| NEWLINE\]NEWLINE where the infimum is taken over all \(g= \sum c_j (g) \phi_j\) such that at most \(N\) coefficients \(c_j (g)\) are different from zero. It is the main aim of the paper to compare best \(N\)-term approximations based on wavelet systems on the one hand and shearlet systems on the other hand.











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