We study image compression by a separable wavelet basis { ψ(2k1x − i)ψ(2k2y − j), φ(x − i)ψ(2k2y − j), ψ(2k1(x − i)φ(y − j), φ(x − i)φ(y − i) } , where k1, k2 ∈ Z+; i, j ∈ Z; and φ, ψ are elements of a standard biorthogonal wavelet basis in L2(R). Because k1 6= k2, the supports of the basis elements are rectangles, and the corresponding transform is known as the rectangular wavelet transform. W...