MULTIRESOLUTION STANDARD FORM OF A MATRIX

We present a new method to compress matrices based on interpolatory mu ltiresolution. The matrices so compressed allow all kinds of algebraic operations, including matrix-matrix multiplication. We illustrate thr ough examples the performance of the compressed matrices. We call the form devised here standard in contrast to the nonstandard form introdu ced by Harten and Yad-Shalom in previous papers, because they are the interpolatory multiresolution equivalent to the standard and nonstanda rd wavelet forms, respectively.