Dual Frame Completion Problem

Abstract

In this paper we present the construction of an exact dual frame under specific structural assumptions posed on the dual frame. When given a frame $F$ for a finite dimensional Hilbert space, and a set of vectors $H$ that is assumed to be a subset of a dual frame of $F$, we answer the following question: Which dual frame $G$ for $F$ - if it exists - completes the given set $H$? Solutions are explored through a direct and an indirect approach, as well as via the singular value decomposition of the synthesis operator of $F$.