The Density Theorem of a Class of Dilation-and-Modulation Systems on the Half Real Line

Abstract

In practice, the time variable cannot be negative. The space $$L^2({\mathbb {R}}_+)$$ of square integrable functions defined on the right half real line $${\mathbb {R}}_+$$ models the causal signal space. This paper focuses on a class of dilation-and-modulation systems in $$L^2({\mathbb {R}}_+)$$. The density theorem for Gabor systems in $$L^2(\mathbb {R})$$ states a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of complete Gabor systems or Gabor frames in $$L^2({\mathbb {R}})$$ in terms of the index set alone-independently of window functions. The space $$L^2({\mathbb {R}}_+)$$ admits no nontrivial Gabor system since $${\mathbb {R}}_+$$ is not a group according to the usual addition. In this paper, we introduce a class of dilation-and-modulation systems in $$L^2({\mathbb {R}}_+)$$ and the notion of $$\Theta $$-transform matrix. Using the $$\Theta $$-transform matrix method we obtain the density theorem of the dilation-and-modulation systems in $$L^2({\mathbb {R}}_+)$$ under the condition that $$\log _ba$$ is a positive rational number, where a and b are the dilation and modulation parameters respectively. Precisely, we prove that a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of such a complete dilation-and-modulation system or dilation-and-modulation system frame in $$L^2({\mathbb {R}}_+)$$ is that $$\log _ba \le 1$$. Simultaneously, we obtain a $$\Theta $$-transform matrix-based expression of all complete dilation-and-modulation systems and all dilation-and-modulation system frames in $$L^2(\mathbb {R}_+)$$.