A Hilbert C*-module for Gabor systems

Abstract

We construct Hilbert $C^*$-modules useful for studying Gabor systems and show that they are Banach algebras under pointwise multiplication. For rational $ab<1$ we prove that the set of functions $g \in L^2(R)$ so that $(g,a,b)$ is a Bessel system is an ideal for the Hilbert $C^*$-module given this pointwise algebraic structure. This allows us to give a multiplicative perturbation theorem for frames. Finally we show that a system $(g,a,b)$ yields a frame for $L^2(R)$ iff it is a modular frame for the given Hilbert $C^*$-module.