The Marr conjecture on uniqueness from wavelet zero sets

Let MσM_\sigma denote the wavelet transform kernel at positive scale σ\sigma, and let ff be a locally integrable function of sufficiently rapid decay. For a sequence of positive scales {σi}i=1\{\sigma_i\}_{i=1}^\infty tending to infinity, consider the zero sets of the convolutions fMσif*M_{\sigma_i}. Marr conjecture. The function ff is uniquely determined, up to a constant multiple, by these zero sets for any such sequence {σi}i=1\{\sigma_i\}_{i=1}^\infty.

The conjecture arises in vision theory from edge detection and image reconstruction, and concerns recovery of a decaying function from the zero sets of its wavelet transforms. The source does not establish its general resolution.

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Ben Allen and Mark Kon, “The Marr Conjecture and Uniqueness of Wavelet Transforms”, arXiv:1401.0542 (2015).

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