Continuous wavelet transform on the hyperboloid (Q2465763)

The main advantages of the known continuous wavelet transforms (CWT) over the classical Fourier transform are its local and multiresolution nature, which provide the properties of a mathematical microscope. However, data analysis has undergone deep changes recently and the field faces new exciting challenges. A given feature shared by these problems is the importance of geometry: either important information is localized around highly structured submanifolds, or data types obey intrinsic nonlinear constraints. As a consequence of the challenges in complex data processing, the representation and analysis of signals in non-Euclidean geometry is now a recurrent problem in many scientific domains. Because of these demands, 2-spherical wavelets were recently developed and applied in various fields. A new similar CWT is constructed on the upper sheet of the 2-hyperboloid in this paper. A class of suitable dilations is defined on the hyperboloid through conic projection. The authors define a family of axisymmetric hyperbolic wavelets. An example of hyperbolic `difference' (difference-of-Gaussian) wavelet has been given. The continuous wavelet transform is obtained by convolution of the scaled axisymmetric wavelets in the Fourier-Helgason transform, which has a simpler form in this case. The wavelet transform is proved to be invertible whenever wavelets satisfy a particular admissibility condition. Some basic examples are provided and the limit at null curvature is discussed.