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A wavelet transform of a function is, roughly speaking, a description of this function across a range of scales. We use the technique of wavelet transforms to detect discontinuities in the n-th derivative of a function of one variable.

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Grossmann, A. (1988). Wavelet Transforms and Edge Detection. In: Albeverio, S., Blanchard, P., Hazewinkel, M., Streit, L. (eds) Stochastic Processes in Physics and Engineering. Mathematics and Its Applications, vol 42. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2893-0_7

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