Logarithmic convolution

 

In mathematics, the scale convolution of two functions ${\displaystyle s(t)}$ and ${\displaystyle r(t)}$, also known as their logarithmic convolution is defined as the function

${\displaystyle s*_{l}r(t)=r*_{l}s(t)=\int _{0}^{\infty }s\left({\frac {t}{a}}\right)r(a)\,{\frac {da}{a}}}$

when this quantity exists.

Results

The logarithmic convolution can be related to the ordinary convolution by changing the variable from ${\displaystyle t}$  to ${\displaystyle v=\log t}$ :

${\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}s*_{l}r(t)&=\int _{0}^{\infty }s\left({\frac {t}{a}}\right)r(a)\,{\frac {da}{a}}\\&=\int _{-\infty }^{\infty }s\left({\frac {t}{e^{u}}}\right)r(e^{u})\,du\\&=\int _{-\infty }^{\infty }s\left(e^{\log t-u}\right)r(e^{u})\,du.\end{aligned}}}$ 

Define ${\displaystyle f(v)=s(e^{v})}$  and ${\displaystyle g(v)=r(e^{v})}$  and let ${\displaystyle v=\log t}$ , then

${\displaystyle s*_{l}r(v)=f*g(v)=g*f(v)=r*_{l}s(v).}$ 

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