We derive Galilean wavelets, by which we mean coherent states of the affine Galilei group, that is, the Galilei group extended by independent space and time dilations. The construction follows a general method based on square integrable group representations, possibly modulo a subgroup, i.e., on a homogeneous space of the underlying group. We also examine the restriction to the Schrödinger subgroup, which contains only dilations that leave invariant the Schrödinger and the heat equations.
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