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Probl. Anal. Issues Anal. Vol. 12 (30), No 1, 2023, pp. 96-117
DOI: 10.15393/j3.art.2023.13290
UDC 517.5
N. P. Volchkova, Vit. V. Volchkov
RECOVERING THE LAPLACIAN FROM CENTERED MEANS ON BALLS AND SPHERES OF FIXED RADIUS
Abstract. Various issues related to restrictions on radii in mean-value formulas are well-known in the theory of harmonic functions. In particular, using the Brown-Schreiber-Taylor theorem on spectral synthesis for motion-invariant subspaces in C(Mra), one can obtain the following strengthening of the classical mean-value theorem for harmonic functions: if a continuous function on Rra satisfies the mean-value equations for all balls and spheres of a fixed radius r, then it is harmonic on Rra. In connection with this result, the following problem arises: recover the Laplacian from the deviation of a function from its average values on balls and spheres of a fixed radius. The aim of this work is to solve this problem. The article uses methods of harmonic analysis, as well as the theory of entire and special functions. The key step in the proof of the main result is expansion of the Dirac delta function in terms of a system of radial distributions supported in a fixed ball, biorthogonal to some system of spherical functions. A similar approach can be used to invert a number of convolution operators with compactly supported radial distributions.
Key words: harmonic functions, one-radius theorems, radial distributions, Fourier-Bessel transform
2020 Mathematical Subject Classification: 42A85, 44A35
1. Introduction. Let n ^ 2 be a fixed natural number, f be a continuous function on the Euclidean space Rra, Sr (x) be a sphere in Rra with center x and radius r, and da be an area element on Sr (x). The difference
(torf)(x) - J /(y)do(y)- f (X)
sr(x)
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is called the centered mean of the function f on the sphere Sr (x). The Laplace operator of a function f e C2(Rra) satisfies the Blaschke equality
2 n
A f (x) = lim - (Qr f )(x) (1)
r^O f2
(see, for example, [4], [18, Chap. 2, Sect. 4]). Similarly, if (Vrf)(x) is the centered mean of a function f on the ball Br(x) = {y e Mra: \y—x\ < r}, i.e.,
( Vr f)(x) = ^-i^ J f(v)dv-f(x),
Br (x)
then the Privalov formula [17]
2 n + 4
A f (x) = lim ^ (Vr f )(x), f e C2(Rn)
r^O T
is valid. Note that for a real analytic function f on Mra, x e Mra and all sufficiently small r > 0, the following more general expansions, due to Pizzetti [15], Nicolesco [14] and Poritsky [16] hold:
f(y)da(y) = 2tt"{V-1 V (Af)(x\ (-)
J(y) (y) tikW(k + ?) \2J
Sr (x) k-0 \ 2/
2k
2k
f(y)dy " ^2rn y (Af)(x) ^ (L)
Jw) y ¿ok!r(k +1 + 2) {-J
Br (x)
Formula (1) (respectively, (2)) allows one to reconstruct A f using an infinite number of functions Qr f (respec)ively, Vr/). For a fixed r > 0, the kernel of the operator f ^ f, Vrf) is invariant under translations and rotations of the space Rra. Such invariant subspaces in C(Rra) can be characterized by the following Brown-Schreiber-Taylor theorem [5] on spectral synthesis:
Theorem 1. Every closed translation-invariant rotation-invariant subspace E in C(Kra) is spanned by the polynomial-exponential functions it contains, i.e., functions from E of the form
f(x) = p(x)W, x = (xu... ,xn) e Rra, where p is a polynomial and (j e C, 1 ^ j ^ n.
Using Theorem 1, one can obtain the following strengthening of the classical mean-value theorem for harmonic functions (see the proof of Theorem 4.6 in [5] and also [19] for a generalization of the statement).
Theorem 2. Let r be a fixed positive number, f e C(Mra), and assume that
(Qr f )(x) = (Vr f )(x) = 0 for all x e Rra
Then the function f is harmonic in Mn.
In connection with Theorem 2, the problem of finding Af from only two functions Qr f and Vr f arises. The purpose of this article is to solve this problem. It is closely related to the inversion problems of the classical Pompeiu transform (see [2, Sect. 3]). For example, in [11] a formula was found for reconstructing a function f e C^M"-) from the spherical means
J f(y)da(y), J (y)da(y),
Sr (x) Sr(x)
B
where — means differentiation along the outward normal to Sr (x). In [1], Bn
the well-known Zalcman problem [26, Sect. 8] about the inversion of the operator
f ^ (J fda, J fdo), f e C (Mra)
under natural conditions on r\/r2 was studied (see also [3], [22], where the case of rank-one Riemannian symmetric spaces of noncompact type was considered). In paper [23], the problem of finding a function f e C(Mra) by its known integrals
J f(y)da(y), J f(y)dy
Sr(x) Br(x)
is solved, and an answer is given to a similar question for two-point homogeneous spaces. All of these problems can be interpreted in terms of the general deconvolution problem, which has attracted attention of many authors (see [6], [25] and references therein). We also note that various questions related to restrictions on radii in mean-value formulas are well-known in the theory of harmonic functions (see [8], [12], [13, Sect. 3]).
The formulation of the main result and its discussion is given in Sect. 2 (see Theorem 3 below). Section 3 contains the necessary auxiliary statements. The proof of Theorem 3 is obtained in Sect. 4. Our constructions are based on the development of the ideas proposed in [21], [25]. For other methods and results related to recovering from spherical means, see [1], [11], [24, Part 2, Chap. 3] and the bibliography there.
2. Statement of the main result. In the sequel, as usual, cn is a n-dimensional complex space with a Hermitian scalar product
n
) = 2oSj, c = «i,...,(n), ? =
3 = 1
V(rn) and £'(rn) are the spaces of distributions and compactly supported distributions on Rra, respectively.
The Fourier-Laplace transform of a distribution T e £'(Mra) is the entire function
f(() = <T(x),e-tpc'x)), ( e cn. In this case, T grows on Mra not faster than a polynomial and
(T,4,) = (T,i), ^ e 5(Rra), (3)
where s(Kra) is the Schwartz space of rapidly decreasing functions from C8(Rra) (see [10, Chap. 7]).
If T1,T2 e P'(Era) and at least one of these distributions has compact support, then their convolution T1 * T2 is a distribution in P'(Era), acting according to the rule
<Ti * T^y = (T2(y),(Ti(x),v(x + y))) , <p e v(rn), (4)
where P(Mra) is the space of finite infinitely differentiable functions on Mra. For T1 ,T2 e £1 (Rra), the Borel formula
fT*T2 = f f2. (5)
is valid.
Let £6(Rra) be the space of radial (invariant under rotations of the space Kra) distributions in £'(Mra), n ^ 2. The simplest example of a distribution in the class £6(Rra) is the Dirac delta function 8 with support at the zero. We put
I,(z) = ^, * e C,
where Jv is the Bessel function of the first kind of order u. The spherical transform T of a distribution T e £6(Rra) is defined by
T(z) = (T, pz), ze c, where pz is a spherical function on Mra, i.e.,
((x) = 2?-1r (n) 11(z\x\), x e Era
(see [9, Chap. 4]). The function pz is uniquely determined by the following conditions:
1) ( is radial and pz (0) = 1;
2) pz satisfies the Helmholtz differential equation
A( <pz q + Z2pz = o. (6)
Note that T is an even entire function of exponential type and the Fourier transform T is expressed in terms of T by
t(0 = T(bCi2 +... + Q), <cn. (7)
The set of all zeros of the function T that lie in the half-plane Rez ^ 0 and do not belong to the negative part of the imaginary axis are denoted by z+(T), i.e.,
z+(T) = {ze c: T(z) = 0,Rez ^ 0, izR (0, +8)}. (8)
Let Xr be the indicator of the ball Br = {x e Rra: \x\ < r}, ar be the surface delta function concentrated on the sphere \x\ = r, i.e.,
(ar ,p) ^ p(x)da(x), p e C(Rra).
Set
1 / t \ 1
Xr (x)" ln MjXr (x),yr (x)=Xr (x) + — (\x\2 - T2)xr (x), ifn = 2,
2k \ \x\' ' 4kr2
Xr(X) " 2(n - 2)KK™/2 (~ Xr(xq
if n > 3,
Yr(x)=Xr(x) + (M2 - r2)Xr(x),
T(n/2) T((n + 2)/2)
0 2lïn/2rn-1 °r, 0 ^n/2rn Xr
For these distributions, we have (see [24, Part 2, Ch. 3, formula (3.90)] and equalities (17), (41), (42) below):
X (z) = 0n-2(rz), xr (z) = ^M, r (z) = 0n(rz), r (z) = ^^ ,
2 2
(9)
where
dn(z) = 1 - 2?r(^^ In (Z). (10)
We need some results about the zeros of idn(z) obtained in [20]. It follows from the general facts of the theory of entire functions that $n(z) has infinitely many zeros. In this case, all zeros except z = 0 are simple, and z = 0 is a zero of multiplicity 2. Note also that idn(z) has no real and purely imaginary zeros except z = 0. We denote by Yra = {znt1, zn>2,...} the sequence of all zeros of the function idn(z) in the half-plane Rez > 0, numbered in ascending order of the module (if the modules are equal, then the numbering is arbitrary). The asymptotic equalities
I 7 7 /2\n/2
\Jn,2+1 (Zn,k )| = ^ f+l2)/2) + 0(\Zn,k I™12-1), k - 8, (11)
Zn,k\{n+l)'2 = 2Pn-l)/2T((n + 2)/2)eIlmz"-k 1 + 0(|zn,k\pn-l){2), k ^8.
^zn,k I ^H(\-y ,\(n-l)/2)^ k
(12)
are valid. In addition, for any e > 0,
8 -,
S WF <+8 (13)
Using the above-listed properties of zeros of the function $n(z) and relation (9), one can obtain the corresponding information about the sets z+(Xr) and z+(Yr) (see (8)). In particular, all zeros of z+(Xr) and z+(yr) are simple,
2+(xYr) = !^n-M, ,...) , Z+(yr)" !, fn2 ) , (14)
I r r J I r r j
and z+(Xr) x z+(Yr) = 0 (see Lemma 3 below).
For A e z+(Xr), ^ e z+ (Yr), we define the functions
:r(x) = (N f-i( Ar )I f _i( A\x\)-1 f _i( Ar )N f _i( A\x\))-Xf1,
nr(™)X ex /
Yrtl(x) = 4^?2-y-n) (Nf (^)Jf-i(^\x\)- 1 f (^)Nf-Mx\) +
2 ) Yr (x)
+
n(/ir)nJ ^2 '
where N^ (z) = Nv (z)/zv, Nv is the Bessel function of the second kind of order v (the Neumann function). Let
a(z) = (z + 1)(z + 4), b(z) = (z- 1)(z- 4), (15)
8i>r = a( A)Xr, ©2,r = b (A)Yr. (16)
Then, by virtue of the formula
p(A)f(z)=p(-z2) f(z) (p is an algebraic polynomial), (17)
and the equalities in (9), we obtain
Y f \ i ^ $n-2(rz) Y ^ $n(rz)
©i,r(z) = a(-z )-—-, @2,r(z) = b{-z ) 2 , (18)
Zn-2,i Zn-2,2
M©i,) = { ^, ^,...} Y{1, 2} ,
and all zeros of ©ir and §2r are simple. In addition,
(19)
z+(©i,r)X z+(©2,r) = 0 (20)
(see Lemma 3 below)).
For A e z+ (©(respectively, ^ e z+ (©2,r)), we put
©t = a(A)XrA = b(A)Yf) , (21)
if A e z+(Xr) (/i e z+(Jr)), and
© t = cx(A)Xr (©£r = d,(A)Yr) , (22)
if a{-X2) = 0 (b(—/2) = 0), where
= —(d^(z)
Our main result is
b(z)
z + /2
(23)
Theorem 3. Let f e P'(Mra), n ^ 2. Then
4 X/
( a( A)( f* Ar )* 61 -
Af = J] J] -
-b(A)( f* %)* eI), (24)
where the series (24) converges unconditionally in the space /D'(M.n).
Using the definition of convolution, it is not difficult to obtain the equalities
f * ar = -Qrf, f* tr = -Vrf, fe
l).
Thus, Theorem 3 provides a solution to the problem formulated above (see (15), (18), (19), (21)-(23)). The key step in the proof of the main result is the expansion of the Dirac delta function in terms of a system of radial distributions supported in Br, biorthogonal to some system of spherical functions (see the proof of Lemma 7 in Sect. 3 below). A similar approach can be used to invert a number of convolution operators with radial distributions in E'(M.™). Other methods in this direction have been developed in [1], [3], [11], [24, Part 2, Chap. 3]. However, the constructions that arise in this case are more cumbersome and less explicit.
3. Auxiliary assertions. First we prove the following simple statement:
Lemma 1. Let g: C
some X e C. Then
C be an even entire function and g(X) = 0 for
X p )
z2-X2
< max |o(C)|, z e C,
\Ç-z\<2
(25)
where for z = ±X the left-hand side in (25) is extended by continuity. Proof. We have
2Xg(z) g(z) g(z) < g(z) + g(z)
z2 -X2 z — X z + X z — X z + X
—>
Let us estimate the first term in the right-hand side of (26). If \z-X\> 1, then
( )
z-X
< \g(z)\ ^ max \g(0\.
\C-z\<2
(27)
Assume that \z — X\ ^ 1. Then, applying the maximum-modulus principle
to the entire function
9(0 C — X,
we obtain
( )
X
^ max
( )
c — x
= max \g(()\. \C-A\-1
Bearing in mind that the circle \C —X\ = 1 is contained in the disc \£ — z\ ^ 2, we arrive at the estimate
( )
X
^ max \o(C)\,
(28)
which is valid for all z e C (see (27)). Similarly,
9(z
z + X
^ max \o(C)\, z e C,
(29)
because g(—X) = 0. By (28), (29), and (26) the required assertion follows. □
Let us now give some properties of the functions I,, which will be needed later.
Lemma 2. 1) When v > —1/2, ze C, the inequality
2" r( 1)1, (z) — 1
< e\ImA
(30)
takes place.
2) lip e E, then
(z)\
1 elIm A
n \z\
Imz —>• oo.
(31)
3) Let z e c\(—8, 0]. Then
A(N ™-1(zM)) + z2N ™-1(z\x\) = 0,
lv(z)^v-i(z) — I^iO^N,(z) =
2
nz
2 v
(33)
Proof. 1) By the Poisson integral representation [7, Chap. 7, Sect. 7.12, formula (8)] we have
Iv(z) "
2i-v ?nr( 1/ + 2 )
cos(uz)(1 — u )v 2 du
Therefore,
)i-v
|Iv(z)| « I eullmzl(1 — u2)v-1 du «
VnT(u + 2)
0
« - 21-V u i^i+ ^¿l-zl" - 1) 2 \2, 2)
e\lmz\
+ i) 2 \2' 2
In particular,
sinz
2
1/2
2 v r( v + 1)'
I Ii/2(Z) |« ellmZ\,
cos — 1 1 sin(z/2)
z2 2 z/2
2 p\lm z\ <
From here, we get
2 v r( u + 1)Iv (z) — 1
= 2 v r( u+ 1)
2r( u+ 1) f cos(u z) — 1 2 _
2
lv (Z)— Iv (0)
VnT(u + 1 )
-(1 —u2)v - 2 du
<
<
i
^^ 11 ellmz\ f(1 — u2)v-2du = ¿l-z\,
+ i)
which is the required result.
2) The asymptotic expansion of Bessel functions [7, Chap. 7, Sect. 7.13.1, formula (3)] implies the equality
Iv(z) = \jlz-v-2(cos (z—Y—n) (if)), 8
-n < arg z < n. (34)
2
Considering
e\lmw\
| cosw| „ —-—, Imw ^ 8,
by (34) we obtain (31).
3) The Neumann function Nv (z) satisfies the Bessel differential equation
2d2Nv(z) dNv(z) . 2 21 . i
,2-N^ + z+ tf - ^M - 0
(see [7, Chap. 7, Sect. 7.2.1, formula (1)]). Using this equality and the formula
— — 1
A( f (|x|)) = f"(lxl) + f'(lxl),
we arrive at (32). The relation (33) is a form of writing the well-known Lommel-Hankel formula (see, for example, [21, Chap. 7, formula (7.6)]). □
Lemma 3. For any r > 0, the functions Xr and Yr do not have common zeros.
Proof. Assume that Xr (A) =Yr (A) = 0. Then, from (9), the equalities
2 ^ r( - )l ^ (») = 1, 2 f r( ^ )l f (¡)- 1
follow, where ¡i = rA. Hence, we find
¡Jf_2 (n) = -Jf (i).
Using this equality and identity
2 vJv (z) = z(Jv-i(z) + Jv+i(z))
(see [7, Chap. 7, Sect. 7.2.8, formula (56)]), we have ¡Jn+2 (¡i) = 0. Now, taking into account that all zeros of the function Jf+2 are real (see [7, Chap. 7, Sect. 7.9]), we obtain A = ¡/r e R. This contradicts the properties of the zeros of the function dn given in Sect. 2. □
Lemma 4. The equalities
A(Xrx) + X2XrA = -Xr, A e z+(Xr), (35)
A(Yf) + ¡¿Yf = -Yr, i e z+ (Yr) (36)
hold.
Proof. Assume that | e C\(—8, 0]. For any function p e P(Era), we have <(A + ii2)(N»-1(ii\x\)Xr(x))( = <N»-1(ii\x\)Xr(x), (A + i2)p) =
= lim^ J N|-1(i\x\)Ap(x)dx + i2 J N|-1(i\x\)p(x)dx.
\x\^r \x\^r
We apply Green's formula
Bu dv'
( vAu — uAv ) dx = (v°— — u da, (37)
I V on on/
G BG
o
to the integral under the sign of the limit, where — is the differentiation
on
operator in the direction of the external normal. Then
N |-l(i\x\)A p(x)dx = J p(x) A(N «-l(/i\x\))dx+ + J (n n-1 (ii\x\)B^ (x) — p(x) ^ (N n-i(tl\x\))) da(x) —
IxI=r
(n n-1(l\x\)B( (x) — p(x) (N n-1(i\x\))) da(x).
\x\-s
Now, using (32), (37), and formulas
( ) x
N'„ (z) = —zNv+1(z), ^ ( f (\x\)) = f'(\x\), n = — (see [7, Chap. 7, Sect. 7.2.8]), we find
N |-1(i\x\)A p(x)dx = — i2 J N |-1(i\x\)p(x) dx+
+Nn-1(ir)(Axr,() + !2rNf (ir){(rr,p} — Nf-1(i£^ Ap(x)dx—
\x\^£
—!2£N|(ne) J p(x)da(x). (38)
Since
lim, 1 )nN f (is)"- 2H/2 r(-/2) £—> + 0 2 (
(see [7, Chap. 7, Sect. 7.2, formulas (2), (4), (32)]), equality (38) and the mean-value theorem for the integral show that
lim J ^f^(¡^DA'p^dx = -¡2j ^f-l(l|x|)p(x)dx+ +Nf _i(ir)(AXr, <p) + ¡2rNf (¡r)(ar, <p) + 2n/2+\n/2-1i2-np(0).
Thus,
(A + /2){N «- (ilxl)xr (x)) = N «-l(/r )AXr + +I2rN« /)ar + 2n'2+lKn'2-l/2-n5, / e C\(—crj) 0].
Hence,
(A + i2)((N «-i(ilxl) — N «-i (/r ))xr (x)) = i2 rN « (/r H —
—i2N«-i(/r)xr + 2n{2+lnn/2-l/2-nô, / e c\(—8,0]. (39)
By the similar reasoning one can verify the correctness of the equalities (A + /2)((l «-l (ilxl) — I «-l(/r ))xr (x)) =
= I2 rI f (1 r)(Jr — /2I «-l(/r )Xr, / e c, (40)
(A + i2)Yr = —% + l2Yr = i2Yr — S + r((n:^2) Xr. (41) Relations (39), (40), and (33) imply the representation
(A + i2)^ (N « (/r )I «-l(ilxl) — I « (/r )N «-l(ilxl) + Xr (x)) =
2
n(/ir )n
2 i2- n
n
nr n
Xr — 2n'2+\n'2-l/i2-nl « / )S
Therefore, by virtue of (41) and (9), we have (A + (N « (/r )I «-l(/lxl) — I « (/r )N «-l(/lxl) + n/rn)Xr (x)
— r((n + 2)/2) ) " F((n + 2)/2))5 — T((n + 2)/2) , 1 e CZ(—8, 0].
For X e Z+(&r), this equality can be written as (36). Similarly, we find
(A + X2) Xr = —Ar + X2Xr = X2Xr — 6 + , (42)
(A + X2) ((Nf-1(Xr)If-1(X\x\) — If-1 (Xr)Nf-1(X\x\))xr(x)) =
2r1-nX2-n
-ar — 2n/2+1 nn/2-1X2-nl n-1(Xr) 5,
(A + X2)[ (N »-1(Xr )I »-1(X\x\) — I »-1(Xr )N »-1 (X\x\))xr (x)
4nf-1X2-raXr\ 4n?-1X2-i\ . r 4nf-1X4-raXr , _
-$n-2(Xr)5--—-, X e c\(—8,0].
r(n/2) / r(n/2) n-2K ' r(n/2)
For X e z+(Xr), this equality is equivalent to (35). □
Remark 1. From (17) and the injectivity oi the spherical transform it follows that for distributions U,T e £[(№) and X e z+(T):
A U + X2U = —T ^ U (z) = . (43)
2 — X2
So, relations (35) and (36) imply the equalities X?(z) = , X e z+(Xr), Y?(z) = , I e z+(Yr). (44)
Z X z i
Lemma 5. Let X e z+(01,re z+(02,r). Then
e^. (z) - ^, efP (z) - . (45)
z2 — X2 z2 — I2
Proof. Formulas in (45) easily follow from (17) and Remark 1. Indeed, if X e z+(Xr), then, due to (21), (17), (44), and (18), we have
8t( ;) - ai—;) " «i—f^) " .
Similarly, if a(-A2) = 0, then
a(-z2)Xr (z) e i,P (z)
Oxlr(z) = cx(-z2)Xr (z) =
z2-A2 ^ - A2
(see (22), (23), (17), and (18)). The second equality in (45) is proved in exactly the same way. □
Lemma 6. For any r > 0,
^ -yT-< +8 ^ y^1-< +8. (46)
XeZ+ (© i, r) |e 1,r ( A)| ^eZ+(&2,r) |e 2,r (l)|
Proof. From (10) and formula
K(z) = - zlv+i(z) (see [7, Chap. 7, Sect. 7.2.8]) it follows that
#n(z) = 2n/2r((n + 2)/2) zln/2+i(z). (47)
Using (18) and (47), we find
e 2r (z) = 2n/2r((n + 2)/2) r2 z-1 b(-z2)ln/2+i(rz)-
-2{}n(rz)(z-1b'(-z2) + z-%(-z2)). Now, from (14) we have
1 8 I
y L _ Y1 \ Zn,k
Zj ' , \ , " 2-Í On/2r((^ ^ 0\ 1^2
vez+{yr) \©2
I© L ¿1 2n/2F((n + 2)/2) r3Ib(-Z2n>k ¡T 2)||I 2+ l( Zn,k )\
This series is comparable with the convergent series
81 — \Zn,k \
2
(see (11), (13) and (15)). Hence, we obtain the convergence of the second series in (46). The convergence of the first series in (46) is proved similarly. □
Lemma 7. Let
^ Ok, X e Z+(Y 1,r), = Q2,r, I e Z+(Y2>r).
Yltr (X) Y2>r (!)
(48)
Then
S " S ^^ " * (49)
AeZ+(©i,r) ^eZ+(©2,r)
where the series in (49) converge unconditionally in the space V(en).
Proof. For an arbitrary function p e T>(Rra), we define the function p e 5 (Era ) by
1
i>(y) = 77^ ((x)el(x,y)dx, y e
Then (see (3), (7), and (45))
,p> = p> = p> =
= p(x) ^ir(\x\) dx = —
2 ^.(xX^dx.
Y 1 m J \x\2 — X2 ^( X E" \ \
Using this representation and Lemma 1, we get
I (| ^ ^W2-- I \p(x)I ma^l Y1,-(0I dx.
, | Y1 r( X) M K-\x\\<2' i ^v > i tn
From (18), (9) and (30) we have
max | Y 1,(0 | = r2 max | a(—(2)| er \ImC\ ^ r2 e2r max | a(—(2)| .
\ C- \ x| \ <2' , 1 \ C- \ x| \ <2' n \ c- \ x\\ <2'
Therefore,
2 r 2 e2r C
| <^,r,py| ^ —-1—- \^(x) I max | a(—(2) |dx. (50)
| Y! (X)| J \i-\x|K2
This inequality and Lemma 6 show that the first series in (49) converges unconditionally in the space P'(En) to some distribution f supported in
Br. By Lemma 5, the spherical transform of this distribution satisfies the equality
Y(z)= 2 it (')- 2 ^ (51)
~ ~ Y (W z2 - A2
XeZ+(© 1,r) XeZ+(© 1,r) ei,r( A)
In this case, if £ e z+(G>i,r), then
YiO" lim - 1. (52)
Yi,,(i) z - ?
Next, since f(z)-1 and Y i,r (z) are even entire functions of the exponential type, then, by virtue of (52) and the simplicity of the zeros of Yi,r, their ratio
h (z) -
( ' Yi,r(z)
is an entire function of at most the first order. In view of equality (12), there exists R > 0, such that |argA| < (/12 for A e z+(yi,r), |A| ^ R. Therefore, for Imz = +Re z, |z| > R, the function H is evaluated as follows:
H(z)l < [I(z)l ^ 1 < | ( )| |Yi,p(z)l |Yhr(z)l
V 1 ( 1 1 ) 1
< ^©i,p) 1 ^ + l7^ + <
< V 1 ( 1 ! 1 v Ay 1 | 1
< ^i,pq |Y(A)| ^lz-Al + lz + Al) + M ^i,pq |Y(A)| + lYi,(z)l.
|A|< R R
It can be seen from this estimate and relations (46) and (31) that
lim H (z) = 0. (53)
Z — 8 Im 2 = + Re 2
Then, according to the Phragmen-Lindelof principle, H is bounded on C. Now it follows from (53) and Liouville's theorem that H = 0. Hence f = 1, i.e., f = 5. Similarly, we obtain that the second series in (49) converges unconditionally in the space P'(Mn) to the delta function 6. Thus, Lemma 7 is proved. □
Lemma 8. Let X e z+(G> 1,r), | e z+(<d2,r). Then
( x2 — * -—T^1-,— (62,p * 6*P — 61,p * e^). (54)
Y 1,p (^ Y 2,r (!)
Proof. By (45), (43) and (48) we have
( ) 2 X
(A + X2) ) -61,p, (55)
Y(X)
(A + I2) (¥£P) "—-1- 62,r. (56)
2 1
Y2,r (I
From (55), (48), and the permutation of the differentiation operator with convolution, we obtain
(A + X2) * ¥£p) ^ , —4XI 61, * 6£P.
Y 1>p (^ Y 2,r (I
Similarly, it follows from (56) that
— (A + I2) (*£,„ * ) "-r^1^- 62,r * 61.
Y 1>p (^ Y 2,r (I
Adding the last two equalities, we arrive at relation (54). □
4. Proof of Theorem 3.
We claim that
S S K * Kr " S, (57)
XeZ+(© i,r )v-eZ+(@ 2,r)
where the series in (57) converges unconditionally in the space P'(En). Let p e P(Era), p e S(Era), and p "p. For X e Z+(Y 1,r), | e Z+(Y2,r), we have (see (5) and the proof of estimate (50)):
| <*k * ,p> | " | <^i,r * p | " | <yV ^ ,p> | " p(x)^\r(\x\)^2r(\x\)dx "
4 ^mAY-M 1Y 2,r (|x|) dx
nx) |x|2 -A2 |x|2 -i2
| Y i,r (A)Y 2!, (1)
4 r 4e4r
<
< --.--.- l^(x)l max 1 a(-C2) 1 max 1 b(-C2) 1 dx.
| Y i, ( A) Y 2,r 1 |J„
Hence, from (46) it follows that
2 ( 2 I <ii,r * Kr,| ) <8.
ieZ+ (©i,p) veZ+ (&2,p)
Therefore, the series in (57) converges unconditionally in the space V(Rn). In addition (see (4), (49)
' 1 \ ^ J J 1
2 2 * ,p> = ieZ+ (y i,p (y 2,p)
" 2(2 (y), <ii,r(x),p(x + y))>) =
ieZ+ (Yi,p) veZ+ (y 2,p)
= 2 <ii,r (x)Mx) ) = №,
ieZ+ (Y i,p)
which proves (57).
Convolving both parts of (57) with A f and taking into account the separate continuity of the convolution of f e P'(Mn) with g e £'(Mn), (54), and (20), we find
A f " 2 2 -Y A1 Y 1 (A f * e2,r * ei,r -
ieZ+ (y i,p )P,eZ+ (y 2,p) (A2 -12)Y i,r (A) Y 2,r (l)
- a f * eltr * e%>r). (58)
Finally, using (58), (16), (41), (42) and the commutativity of the convolution operator with the differentiation operator, we arrive at formula (24). Thus, Theorem 3 is proved. □
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Received September 16, 2022. In revised form, January 12, 2023. Accepted January 14, 2023. Published online January 29, 2023.
Natalia P. Volchkova
Donetsk National Technical University
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Vitaliy V. Volchkov Donetsk National University 24 Universitetskaya str., Donetsk 283001, Russia E-mail: [email protected]