This paper is devoted to investigating the solutions of refinement equations of the form Ф（x）=∑α∈Z^s α（α）Ф（Mx-α）,x∈R^s,where the vector of functions Ф = （Ф1,… ,Фr）^T is in （L1（R^s））^r, α =（α（α））α∈Z^s is an infinitely supported sequence of r × r matrices called the refinement mask, and M is an s × s integer matrix such that lim n→∞ M^-n =0, with m = detM. Some properties about the solutions of refinement equations axe obtained.
In this paper it is proved that L p solutions of a refinement equation exist if and only if the corresponding subdivision scheme with suitable initial function converges in L p without any assumption on the stability of the solutions of the refinement equation.A characterization for convergence of subdivision scheme is also given in terms of the refinement mask.Thus a complete answer to the relation between the existence of L p solutions of the refinement equation and the convergence of the corresponding subdivision schemes is given.
Shifts-invariant spaces in L 1(R) are investigated. First,based on a study of the system of linearly difference operators,the method of constructing generators with linearly independent shifts is provided. Then the characterizations of the closed shift-invariant subspaces in L 1(R) are given in terms of such generators and the local basis of shift-invariant subspaces.
Wu ZhengchangDept. of Math.,Zhejiang Univ.,Hangzhou 310027,China.
