Spherical mean transform from the pde point of view

Details Spherical mean transform from the pde point of view Spherical mean transform from the pde point of view

2011-12-31

arxiv.org/abs/1201.0314v1

Mathematics

Analysis of PDEs

10 pages

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We study the spherical mean transform on $\rN^n$. The transform is characterized by the Euler-Poisson-Darboux equation. By looking at the spherical harmonic expansions, we obtain a system of 1+1-dimension hyperbolic equations, which provide a good machinery to attack problems of spherical mean transform. As showcases, we discuss two known problems. The first one is a local uniqueness problem investigated by M. Agranovsky and P. Kuchment, [{\em Memoirs on Differential Equations and Mathematical Physics}, 52:1--16, 2011]. We present a simple proof which works even under a weaker condition. The second problem is to characterize the kernel of spherical mean transform on annular regions, which was studied by C. Epstein and B. Kleiner [{\em Comm. Pure Appl. Math.}, 46(3):441--451, 1993]. We present a short proof that simultaneously obtains the necessity and sufficiency for the characterization. As a consequence, we derive a reconstruction procedure for the transform with additional interior (or exterior) information. We also discuss how the approach works for the hyperbolic and spherical spaces.

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