Shift products and factorizations of wavelet matrices

Abstract

A class of so-called shift products of wavelet matrices is introduced. These products are based on circulations of columns of orthogonal banded block circulant matrices arising in applications of discrete orthogonal wavelet transforms (or paraunitary multirate filter banks) or, equivalently, on augmentations of wavelet matrices by zero columns (shifts). A special case is no shift; a product which is closely related to the Pollen product is then obtained. Known decompositions using factors formed by two blocks are described and additional conditions such that uniqueness of the factorization is guaranteed are given. Next it is shown that when nonzero shifts are used, an arbitrary wavelet matrix can be factorized into a sequence of shift products of square orthogonal matrices. Such a factorization, as well as those mentioned earlier, can be used for the parameterization and construction of wavelet matrices, including the costruction from the first row. Moreover, it is also suitable for efficient implementations of discrete orthogonal wavelet transforms and paraunitary filter banks.