Support curves of invertible Radon transforms (Q1312349): Difference between revisions

Let \(S\) and the origin be different points of the closed curve \(S\) in the plane. For any point \(P\) there is exactly one orientation preserving similarity \({\mathcal A}_ P\) which fixes the origin and takes \(S\) to \(P\). The function transformation \[ R_ Sf(P)= \int_{{\mathcal A}_ PS} f(X)dX \] is said to be the Radon transform with respect to the support curve \(S\), where \(dX\) is the arclength measure on \({\mathcal A}_ PS\). The invertibility of \(R_ S\) is proved on a subspace of the \(C^ 2\)- functions if \(S\) has strictly convex distance function. The support theorem is shown on a subspace of the \(L^ 2\)-functions for curves having exactly two cross points with any of the circles centered to the origin. A counterexample shows the necessity of this condition. Finally a generalization to higher dimensions and a continuity result are given.