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An identity theorem for the Fourier transform of polytopes on rationally parameterisable hypersurfaces

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2022-12-29 v1

Abstract

A set S\mathcal{S} of points in Rn\mathbb{R}^n is called a rationally parameterisable hypersurface if S={σ(t):tD}\mathcal{S}=\{\boldsymbol{\sigma}(\mathbf{t}): \mathbf{t} \in D\}, where σ:Rn1Rn\boldsymbol{\sigma}: \mathbb{R}^{n-1} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n is a vector function with domain DD and rational functions as components. A generalized nn-dimensional polytope in Rn\mathbb{R}^n is a union of a finite number of convex nn-dimensional polytopes in Rn\mathbb{R}^n. The Fourier transform of such a generalized polytope P\mathcal{P} in Rn\mathbb{R}^n is defined by FP(s)=PeisxdxF_{\mathcal{P}}(\mathbf{s})=\int_{\mathcal{P}} e^{-i\mathbf{s}\cdot\mathbf{x}} \,\mathbf{dx}. We prove that FP1(σ(t))=FP2(σ(t)) tOF_{\mathcal{P}_1}(\boldsymbol{\sigma}(\mathbf{t})) = F_{\mathcal{P}_2}(\boldsymbol{\sigma}(\mathbf{t}))\ \forall \mathbf{t} \in O implies P1=P2\mathcal{P}_1=\mathcal{P}_2 if OO is an open subset of DD satisfying some well-defined conditions. Moreover we show that this theorem can be applied to quadric hypersurfaces that do not contain a line, but at least two points, i.e., in particular to spheres.

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@article{arxiv.2008.00935,
  title  = {An identity theorem for the Fourier transform of polytopes on rationally parameterisable hypersurfaces},
  author = {Konrad Engel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.00935},
  year   = {2022}
}

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