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In functional analysis, the Shannon wavelet (or sinc wavelets) is a decomposition that is defined by signal analysis by ideal bandpass filters. Shannon wavelet may be either of real or complex type.
Shannon wavelet is not well-localized (noncompact) in the time domain, but its Fourier transform is band-limited (compact support). Hence Shannon wavelet has poor time localization but has good frequency localization. These characteristics are in stark contrast to those of the Haar wavelet. The Haar and sinc systems are Fourier duals of each other.