Subdyadic time-frequency analysis: Gabor frames, modulation spaces, and Miyachi multipliers
Vicente Vergara
TL;DR
This work develops a subdyadic time–frequency framework adapted to dispersive phases $|\xi|^{\alpha}$, introducing an anisotropic phase‑space metric, subdyadic blocks, and a deformed Gabor lattice that yields a stable $L^{2}$ frame and a dispersive STFT. It defines dispersive modulation spaces $M^{p,q}_{\alpha,\beta}$ anchored to the subdyadic geometry, proves window and lattice independence, and establishes duality and inclusions, with a model boundedness result for Miyachi multipliers on $M^{2,2}_{\alpha,\beta}$. A two‑sided Miyachi condition enables almost diagonalization of such multipliers and their boundedness on the dispersive scale, linking oscillatory symbols to global function spaces. The paper then introduces a subdyadic Gabor wavefront set $WF^{G}_{\alpha}$, proving its microlocal invariance and ellipticity under smooth order‑zero pseudodifferential operators, thus providing a unified tool for global microlocal analysis and stable high‑frequency numerical schemes in dispersive settings. Collectively, these results bridge subdyadic harmonic analysis, global microlocal analysis, and computational approaches for dispersive PDEs, with precise quantitative control of localization and decay in phase space.
Abstract
We present a time-frequency framework adapted to dispersive phase functions via a subdyadic geometry in phase space. On top of this geometry we construct stable Gabor frames with quantitative control of overlap, almost orthogonality, and off-diagonal decay. Based on these frames we introduce modulation spaces consistent with the subdyadic scale and establish window and lattice independence, identifications in the Hilbertian case, duality, and natural inclusion relations. Within this setting we develop a theory for two-sided Miyachi multipliers, relying on discrete almost diagonalization and Wiener-Jaffard type results for well-localized matrices, and obtain boundedness on weighted modulation spaces. Finally, we define a Gabor-type wavefront set adapted to the subdyadic geometry and prove its invariance and ellipticity with respect to smooth order-zero pseudodifferential operators. Taken together, these results provide a unified tool both for global microlocal analysis and for the design of stable numerical schemes in high-frequency regimes.
