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The modulus of the Fourier transform on a sphere determines 3-dimensional convex polytopes

Metric Geometry 2020-09-23 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

Let P\mathcal{P} and P\mathcal{P}' be 33-dimensional convex polytopes in R3\mathbb{R}^3 and SR3S \subseteq \mathbb{R}^3 be a non-empty intersection of an open set with a sphere. As a consequence of a somewhat more general result it is proved that P\mathcal{P} and P\mathcal{P}' coincide up to translation and/or reflection in a point if Peisxdx=Peisxdx|\int_{\mathcal{P}} e^{-i\mathbf{s}\cdot\mathbf{x}} \,\mathbf{dx}| = |\int_{\mathcal{P}'} e^{-i\mathbf{s}\cdot\mathbf{x}} \,\mathbf{dx}| for all sS\mathbf{s} \in S. This can be applied to the field of crystallography regarding the question whether a nanoparticle modelled as a convex polytope is uniquely determined by the intensities of its X-ray diffraction pattern on the Ewald sphere.

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@article{arxiv.2009.10414,
  title  = {The modulus of the Fourier transform on a sphere determines 3-dimensional convex polytopes},
  author = {Konrad Engel and Bastian Laasch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.10414},
  year   = {2020}
}

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