Vector-Valued Wavelet Bases as Hilbert ${\mathbb{M}}_m(\mathbb{R})$-Module Bases: A Construction from Scalar Wavelets

Abstract

Vector-valued multiscale representations are essential when signals or fields take values in ${\mathbb{R}}^m$ and component interactions carry meaningful information. Most multiwavelet and super-wavelet constructions are formulated in scalar Hilbert-space settings and typically produce channelwise scalar coefficients followed by recombination. We develop an intrinsic framework for vector-valued wavelets on $L^2({\mathbb{R}}^d,{\mathbb{R}}^m)$ by endowing this space with a natural ${\mathbb{M}}_m(\mathbb{R})$-valued inner product, thereby turning it into a Hilbert ${\mathbb{M}}_m(\mathbb{R})$-module. This module viewpoint yields matrix-valued coefficients that encode cross-component interactions and provides canonical reconstruction through a Parseval-type identity. Within this setting, we introduce a constructive lifting procedure that builds separable multivariate vector-valued wavelet bases in $L^2({\mathbb{R}}^d,{\mathbb{R}}^m)$ from scalar wavelet bases while preserving compact support, vanishing moments, and regularity.

23 pages, 18 figures