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Solutions to the discrete Pompeiu problem and to the finite Steinhaus tiling problem

Functional Analysis 2025-10-30 v3 Metric Geometry Spectral Theory

Abstract

Let KK be a nonempty finite subset of the Euclidean space Rk\mathbb{R}^k (k2)(k\ge 2). We prove that if a function f ⁣:RkCf\colon \mathbb{R}^k\to \mathbb{C} is such that the sum of ff on every congruent copy of KK is zero, then ff vanishes everywhere. In fact, a stronger, weighted version is proved. As a corollary we find that every finite subset KK of Rk\mathbb{R}^k having at least two elements is a Jackson set; that is, no subset of Rk\mathbb{R}^k intersects every congruent copy of KK in exactly one point.

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@article{arxiv.2403.01279,
  title  = {Solutions to the discrete Pompeiu problem and to the finite Steinhaus tiling problem},
  author = {Gergely Kiss and Miklós Laczkovich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.01279},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

19 pages, Theorem 1.3 has been added, restructuring the sections and adding more details in the Proof of Theorem 1.3 for dimension k>2