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This survey paper starts with the definition and certain properties of the Pompeiu integral operator \(T\) (known from I. N. Vekua's work on generalized analytic functions) and some applications to special first-order and second-order inhomogeneous complex linear partial differential equations. Iterating the \(T\)-operator with itself and with \(\overline T\) in a proper manner leads to a particular solution of an inhomogeneous equation of the form \(\partial^{m+n}w/\partial\overline z^m\partial z^n= \rho\). Besides, in this way, a hierarchy of operators \(T_{mn}\) is obtained which for \(0<m+n\) are weakly singular integral operators and whose derivatives with respect to \(z\) or \(\overline z\) up to the order \(m+n-1\) produce further weakly singular integral operators. These operators were introduced and their properties were studied in more detail in the authors' article [Rocky Mt. J. Math. 27, No. 3, 669-706 (1997; Zbl 0902.30030)]. Two further topics are considered in the present paper: (i) a generalization of the Pompeiu formula to higher orders, (ii) a generalization of the Schwarz representation formula for the unit disk (Schwarz-Poisson-Pompeiu formula). For the entire collection see [Zbl 0881.00038].