A symmetric integral identity for Bessel functions with applications to integral geometry (Q1999830)

Exhaustive references enumerate the developments of the theory of the spherical mean transform. Brief descrition on the spherical mean transform for the Euclidean space and the eigenfunctions for the Bessel functions of the first and second kind are introduced, which are analogs to [\textit{H. S. Cohl} and \textit{H. Volkmer}, J. Phys. A, Math. Theor. 45, No. 35, Article ID 355204, 20 p. (2012; Zbl 1250.35071)] and [\textit{L. A. Kunyansky}, Inverse Probl. 23, No. 1, 373--383 (2007; Zbl 1127.44003)] with slight modifications with regard to methods for elliptical coordinates. A symmetric integral identity, as an explicit inversion formula for the spherical mean transform, is obtained where data is considered on the cylindrical surface. Theorem 2.1 shows the recovery of a continuous function \(f\) from the spherical mean transform, where the circles of integration have centres over the ellipse. It is claimed that in the proof of Theorem 2.1, follows the same method that was introduced in [loc. cit.]. The exact formulation for this is formed and and proved in Theorem 2.2. Theorems 2.1 and 2.2 are formulated in Section 2, proofs of which are given in Section 3.