A simple range characterization for spherical mean transform in even dimensions

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Main Authors: Agrawal, Divyansh, Ambartsoumian, Gaik, Krishnan, Venkateswaran P., Singhal, Nisha
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Published: 2025
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author Agrawal, Divyansh
Ambartsoumian, Gaik
Krishnan, Venkateswaran P.
Singhal, Nisha
author_facet Agrawal, Divyansh
Ambartsoumian, Gaik
Krishnan, Venkateswaran P.
Singhal, Nisha
contents The paper presents a new and simple range characterization for the spherical mean transform of functions supported in the unit ball in even dimensions. It complements the previous work of the same authors, where they solved an analogous problem in odd dimensions. The range description in even dimensions consists of symmetry relations, using a special kind of elliptic integrals involving the coefficients of the spherical harmonics expansion of the function in the range of the transform. The article also introduces a pair of original identities involving normalized Bessel functions of the first and the second kind. The first result is an integral cross-product identity for Bessel functions of integer order, complementing a similar relation for Bessel functions of half-integer order obtained in the aforementioned work of the same authors. The second result is a new Nicholson-type identity. Both of these relations can be considered as important standalone results in the theory of special functions. Finally, as part of the proof of one of the theorems, the authors derive an interesting equality involving elliptic integrals, which may be of independent interest.
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spellingShingle A simple range characterization for spherical mean transform in even dimensions
Agrawal, Divyansh
Ambartsoumian, Gaik
Krishnan, Venkateswaran P.
Singhal, Nisha
Classical Analysis and ODEs
Mathematical Physics
Functional Analysis
44A12, 44A15, 44A20, 45Q05, 33C10, 33C55, 33E05
The paper presents a new and simple range characterization for the spherical mean transform of functions supported in the unit ball in even dimensions. It complements the previous work of the same authors, where they solved an analogous problem in odd dimensions. The range description in even dimensions consists of symmetry relations, using a special kind of elliptic integrals involving the coefficients of the spherical harmonics expansion of the function in the range of the transform. The article also introduces a pair of original identities involving normalized Bessel functions of the first and the second kind. The first result is an integral cross-product identity for Bessel functions of integer order, complementing a similar relation for Bessel functions of half-integer order obtained in the aforementioned work of the same authors. The second result is a new Nicholson-type identity. Both of these relations can be considered as important standalone results in the theory of special functions. Finally, as part of the proof of one of the theorems, the authors derive an interesting equality involving elliptic integrals, which may be of independent interest.
title A simple range characterization for spherical mean transform in even dimensions
topic Classical Analysis and ODEs
Mathematical Physics
Functional Analysis
44A12, 44A15, 44A20, 45Q05, 33C10, 33C55, 33E05
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.21824