2000/10/05 by Fuehr, Hartmut
#42C40 #43A30 #FOS: Mathematics #FOS: Physical sciences #Functional Analysis (math.FA) #Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/0010051
It is well known that for irreducible, square-integrable representations of a locally compact group, there exist so-called admissible vectors which allow the construction of generalized continuous wavelet transforms. In this paper we discuss when the irreducibility requirement can be dropped, using a connection between generalized wavelet transforms and Plancherel theory. For unimodular groups with type I regular representation, the existence of admissible vectors is equivalent to a finite measure condition. The main result of this paper states that this restriction disappears in the nonunimodular case: Given a nondiscrete, second countable group G with type I regular representation λG, we show that λG itself (and hence every subrepresentation thereof) has an admissible vector in the sense of wavelet theory iff G is nonunimodular.