How can JPEG keep only 4 of 64 coefficients and still rebuild a recognizable image — and why do wavelets win at sharp edges where Fourier fails?
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The three steps on an block
Write the pipeline as a lossless change to Fourier coefficients, lossy thresholding that zeroes small coefficients, then reconstruction, and mark which of the three steps destroys information.
Compression ratio from a sparse coefficient vector
Carry through the count in which 64 coefficients drop to 3 for compression, and record that the all-ones coefficient survives while high-frequency ones vanish in smooth blocks.
The eight-dimensional wavelet basis
List all eight wavelet vectors, label the scales 8, 4, 2 and 1, and verify that the fast checkerboard vector equals the sum of the last four.
Wavelets in JPEG 2000 and FBI fingerprints
Record that JPEG 2000 adopts wavelets and that the FBI compresses its digitized fingerprint database with a smoother variant, turning searches of weeks into minutes.