arXiv · 2608.18064
Universal admissibility for scattering transforms
Abstract
We resolve the admissibility problem for scattering transforms: every Parseval filter bank on $\mathbb{R}^d$ whose low-pass filter is nonvanishing at the origin induces a norm-preserving scattering transform, without requiring any analyticity, frequency-localization, or geometric covering assumptions. Furthermore, for any Sobolev input $f\in H^s(\mathbb{R}^d)$, we establish a universal decay bound of $\mathcal{O}(N^{-\min\{s,1\}/d})$ on the depth-$N$ residual norm. Finally, we construct a filter bank of band-limited Schwartz functions and a band-limited Schwartz input for which the low-pass multiplier equals one near the origin but the propagated energy decays subexponentially. This demonstrates that no universal exponential rate can hold under these assumptions alone.
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Max Getter. 2026-08-18. Universal admissibility for scattering transforms. https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.18064
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