We show that a non-trivial continuous-time strictly
Cannot display formula is a collection of deterministic functions and
{?n}nZ are independent strictly
α-stable random variables. Analogous results hold for self-similar strictly
α-stable processes and for strictly
α-stable processes with stationary increments. As a consequence, the usual wavelet decomposition of Gaussian self-similar processes cannot be extended to the
α-stable,
α<2 case.