Linear independence of translates implies linear independence of affine Parseval frames on LCA groups

Abstract: Motivated by Bownik and Speegle's result on linear independence of wavelet Parseval frames, we consider affine systems (analogous to wavelet systems) defined on a second countable, locally compact abelian group $G$, where the translations are replaced by the action of a countable, discrete subgroup $\Gamma$ of $ G$ acting as a group of unitary operators on $L^2(G)$. The dilation operation in the wavelet setting is replaced by integer powers of a unitary operator $\delta$ onto $L^2(G)$. We show that, under some compatibility conditions between $\delta$ and the action of the group $\Gamma$, the linear independence of the translates of any function in $L^2(G)$ by elements of $\Gamma$ implies the linear independence of affine Parseval frames in $L^2(G)$.