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The Pompeiu problem

Analysis of PDEs 2012-10-30 v1 Functional Analysis

Abstract

Let fLloc1(Rn)Sf \in L_{loc}^1 (\R^n)\cap \mathcal{S}', where S\mathcal{S}' is the Schwartz class of distributions, and σ(D)f(x)dx=0σG,()\int_{\sigma (D)} f(x) dx = 0 \quad \forall \sigma \in G, \qquad (*) where DRnD\subset \R^n is a bounded domain, the closure Dˉ\bar{D} of which is diffeomorphic to a closed ball. Then the complement of Dˉ\bar{D} is connected and path connected. Here GG denotes the group of all rigid motions in Rn\R^n. This group consists of all translations and rotations. It is conjectured that if f0f\neq 0 and (*) holds, then DD is a ball. Other conjectures, equivalent to the above one, are formulated and discussed. Several new short proofs are given for the earlier proved results.

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@article{arxiv.1210.7670,
  title  = {The Pompeiu problem},
  author = {A. G. Ramm},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.7670},
  year   = {2012}
}
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