RKHS Representation of Algebraic Convolutional Filters with Integral Operators

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2602.19094v1
• Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 08:28:34 GMT
• Title: RKHS Representation of Algebraic Convolutional Filters with Integral Operators
• Authors: Alejandro Parada-Mayorga, Alejandro Ribeiro, Juan Bazerque,
• Abstract summary: In this paper, we develop a theory showing that the range of integral operators naturally induces RKHS convolutional signal models.<n>We show that filtering with integral operators corresponds to iterated box products, giving rise to a unital kernel algebra.<n>Our results establish precise connections between eigendecompositions and RKHS representations in graphon signal processing, extend naturally to directed graphons, and enable novel spatial-spectral localization results.
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• Abstract: Integral operators play a central role in signal processing, underpinning classical convolution, and filtering on continuous network models such as graphons. While these operators are traditionally analyzed through spectral decompositions, their connection to reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces (RKHS) has not been systematically explored within the algebraic signal processing framework. In this paper, we develop a comprehensive theory showing that the range of integral operators naturally induces RKHS convolutional signal models whose reproducing kernels are determined by a box product of the operator symbols. We characterize the algebraic and spectral properties of these induced RKHS and show that polynomial filtering with integral operators corresponds to iterated box products, giving rise to a unital kernel algebra. This perspective yields pointwise RKHS representations of filters via the reproducing property, providing an alternative to operator-based implementations. Our results establish precise connections between eigendecompositions and RKHS representations in graphon signal processing, extend naturally to directed graphons, and enable novel spatial--spectral localization results. Furthermore, we show that when the spectral domain is a subset of the original domain of the signals, optimal filters for regularized learning problems admit finite-dimensional RKHS representations, providing a principled foundation for learnable filters in integral-operator-based neural architectures.

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