Range characterization of Radon transforms on complex projective spaces (Q1202856): Difference between revisions

This paper deals with the range characterization of Radon transforms on complex projective spaces. The approach is based on the idea of F. John which yields a characterization by a single invariant differential operator on a Grassmann manifold. In fact, the range-characterizing operator can be represented as an ultra-hyperbolic differential operator like \(P=\partial^ 2/\partial \alpha_ 1\partial\beta_ 2 -\partial^ 2/\partial\alpha_ 2 \partial\beta_ 1)\) on a vector bundle, but the author here treats the one reduced to a single differential operator for the sake of simplicity. The main theorem of this paper is as follows: There exists a fourth order invariant differential operator \(P\) on \(M\) such that the range of the Radon transform \(R\) is characterized by \(P\), i.e. \(\text{Ker }P=\text{Im }R\).