Radon’s problem for some surfaces in ${\bf R}\sp n$
Radon’s problem for some surfaces in ${\bf R}\sp n$
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${f R}sp n$ 中某些表面的氡气问题
DOI:
10.1090/s0002-9939-1987-0870790-6
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发表时间:
1987
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影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
A. Cormack
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作者:
A. Cormack
Radon's problem for a famnily of curves in R2 has been generalized to a family of (n 1)-dimensional surfaces in Rn. The problem is posed as a set of integral equations. Solutions to these equations are given for paraboloids and cardioids, and for these cases the null spaces and consistency conditions have been found. In Rn let x = (xl, X2,.... ,xn) be a vector, let (, q be unit vectors, and let denote the scalar product. Let r = lxl, x = r(, and let p be a nonnegative real number. For a fixed p, I the expression (1) r& cos{ acos-l((r * 7)} = P a > ? represents an (n 1)-dimensional surface which is symmetrical about qj and for which r = p when ( = q. Radon's problem is to determine a function f(x) given the integrals of f over the surfaces (1). This is a generalization of Radon's problem in which (1) represented a family of curves in R2, which was discussed in [1, 2, 3]. In this two-dimensional problem a was assumed to be positive and the curves were called a-curves, and for a negative we defined:f = -a and referred to these curves as f3-curves. The a-curves and :-curves are intimately related since an acurve becomes the corrsponding f-curve under inversion in the unit circle: (r, 0) -t (1/r,0). In what follows we shall first consider the surfaces (1) for a as stated, namely, a > 0, and then in Appendix A list the important formulas for the fsurfaces with corresponding formula numbers since the treatments are so similar that the arguments need not be repeated. We first establish the integral equations for f when f is expanded in spherical harmonics. For a = 1/2 these equations reduce to an extension of an integral equation which was solved by Wimp [13], and which is discussed in Appendix B. For a = 1/2, (1) represents a family of paraboloids. Their closest point to the origin is x = pq, and for p = 0 they degenerate to the straight line from the origin to infinity in the direction -q. For a = -1/2 (f = 1/2), (1) represents a family of cardioids. Their greatest distance from the origin is x = pr and r -> 0 as ( -+ The solution in this case depends on a further modification of Wimp's result, also discussed in Appendix B. I In addition to the solutions of Radon's problem for these paraboloids and cardioids we give the null-spaces and consistency conditions for the corresponding Radon transforms. Received by the editors December 23, 1985. Presented at the American Mathematical Society meeting in New Orleans, Special Session on the Radon Transform and Tomography, January 10, 1985. 1980 Mathematic Su*ject Clasification (1985 Revisio). Primary 44A05, 45A05. Key uwods and phrases. Radon transform, integral equations. (D1987 American Mathematical Society 0002-9939/87 $1.00 + $.25 per page