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Generalized Multiresolution Analyses

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The history of wavelets is a story that demonstrates the power of collaboration between different specialties within mathematics, physics, engineering, and computer science. In this chapter, we give a brief outline of this history, focusing on the evolution of the associated multiresolution structures.

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Merrill, K.D. (2018). Introduction. In: Generalized Multiresolution Analyses. Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis(). Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99175-7_1

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