Translation invariance of orthogonal multiresolution analyses of \(L^2(\mathbf R)\) (Q1582140)

Let \(\{V_j\}\) denote a multiresolution analysis of \(L^2({\mathbb R})\) defined by an orthonormal scaling function \(\varphi\). If \(\varphi\) is integrable over the real line \(\mathbb{R}\), the central subspace \(V_0\) is not invariant under almost all translations with real parameter. The author proposes two numerical characteristics for the estimation of translation invariance that are defined either through the scaling function \(\varphi\) or the scaling symbol of the multiresolution analysis \(\{V_j\}\). Conditions are established under which both translation invariance characteristics provide similar numerical values.