matlab ricker,Mexican hat (Ricker) wavelet

[psi,x] = mexihat(lb,ub,n)

returns the Mexican hat wavelet psi evaluated at x, an

n-point regular grid in the interval [lb, ub]. The

Mexican hat wavelet is also known as the Ricker wavelet.

The Mexican hat wavelet has the interval [-5, 5] as effective support. Nearly 100% of the

wavelet's energy is in the interval. Although [-5, 5] is the correct theoretical effective

support, a wider effective support, [-8, 8], is used in the computation to provide more accurate

results.

This function is proportional to the second derivative function of the Gaussian probability

density function.

Note

You can use gauswavf to obtain a second order derivative

of a Gaussian wavelet. If you use the negative of this normalized derivative, the resulting

wavelet resembles the Mexican hat wavelet.