With in the Plancherel theorem sense, the integer translates of are orthonormal exactly whenThe Fourier coefficients of the periodized energy are the translate inner products. Uniqueness of Fourier coefficients in L1 therefore proves both directions. No absolute integrability assumption on is required.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2015 iii Paper 69 2 B Solution 2026-10-06
Use the unnormalized Fourier transform in the question and the Plancherel theorem, with inverse factor . For a general scaling function, the transform is interpreted in the sense; the printed integral need not be absolutely convergent. All frequency identities are almost-everywhere statements.
Changing variables in the Fourier transform givesThus taking the transform of the scaling refinement equation gives , orConversely the same calculation and injectivity of the Fourier transform recover refinement, with convergence understood in .
To justify both the orthogonality assertion and this convergence precisely, put . It belongs to by monotone integration. The Plancherel theorem givesHence orthonormality of all integer translates is equivalent, by uniqueness of Fourier coefficients in L1, to the periodized-energy conditionWhen this holds, the squared norm of is , so square-summable coefficient series converge in . In the converse direction the refinement identity and give, by splitting the periodization of into even and odd translates,Thus is bounded and its Fourier coefficients are square summable. If are its Fourier partial sum, thenThis verifies the transformed refinement series converges to , completing the equivalence of the two pairs of conditions without imposing an unnecessary assumption on .