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Mathematical Conventions

This chapter and the reference pages use certain mathematical conventions.

General Notation
Interpretation


Dyadic scale. j is the level, 1/a or 2-j is the resolution

Dyadic translation
 t
Continuous time
 k or n
Discrete time
 (i, j)
Pixel
 s
Signal or image. The signal is a function defined on R or Z, the image is defined on R2 or Z2



Fourier transform of the function f or the sequence f
Continuous Time


Set of signals of finite energy



Energy of the signal s



Scalar product of signals s and

Set of images of finite energy



Energy of the image s



Scalar product of images s and
Discrete Time

 l2(Z)
Set of signals of finite energy



Energy of the signal s



Scalar product of signals s and
 l2(Z2)
Set of images of finite energy



Energy of the image s



Scalar product of images s and
Wavelet Notation
Interpretation
 Aj
j-level approximation or approximation at level j
 Dj
j-level detail or detail at level j

Scaling function

Wavelet



Family associated with the one-dimensional wavelet, indexed by and .



Family associated with the two-dimensional wavelet, indexed by





Family associated with the one-dimensional scaling function for dyadic scales a = 2j, b = ka; It should be noted that = 0,0



Family associated with the one-dimensional for dyadic scales a = 2j, b = ka; It should be noted that  = 0,0

Scaling filter associated with a wavelet

Wavelet filter associated with a wavelet


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