A family of nonseparable scaling functions and compactly supported tight framelets

Given integers b and d , with d > 1 and | b | > 1 , we construct even nonseparable compactly supported refinable functions with dilation factor b that generate multiresolution analyses on L 2 ( R d ) . These refinable functions are nonseparable, in the sense that they cannot be expressed as the product of two functions defined on lower dimensions. We use these scaling functions and a slight generalization of a theorem of Lai and Stِckler to construct smooth compactly supported tight framelets. Both the refinable functions and the framelets they generate can be made as smooth as desired. Estimates for the supports of these refinable functions and framelets, are given.