Liouville's operator for a disc in space (Q915064)

A coherent and complete study of Liouville's integral operator for a disc in space is presented. The solution to the homogeneous integral equation \[ \int \frac{f(y)d\sigma (y)}{| x-y|^{q-2}}=\lambda f(x)\quad (\lambda >0;\quad q\geq 3) \] is, in particular, discussed.