On the radial derivative of the delta distribution

DOI10.1007/S11785-017-0638-8MaRDI QIDQ2399658zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. Vindas, F. Brackx, Frank Sommen

Publication date 24 August 2017

Published in Complex Analysis and Operator Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.09771, http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8521566

zbMATH Keywords

delta distributionradial derivativesignum distributions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Clifford algebras, spinors (15A66) Functions of hypercomplex variables and generalized variables (30G35) Topological linear spaces of test functions, distributions and ultradistributions (46F05) Operations with distributions and generalized functions (46F10)

Abstract: Possibilities for defining the radial derivative of the delta distribution $delta(underlinex)$ in the setting of spherical coordinates are explored. This leads to the introduction of a new class of continuous linear functionals similar to but different from the standard distributions. The radial derivative of $delta(underlinex)$ then belongs to that new class of so-called signumdistributions. It is shown that these signumdistributions obey easy-to-handle calculus rules which are in accordance with those for the standard distributions in $mathbb{R}^m$.

Review text

In the framework of spherical coordinates, the radial derivative \(\partial_r\delta(\underline{x})\) of the delta distribution is defined and studied. A new space of continuous linear functionals called signum distributions is introduced. It is demonstrated that signum distributions allow easy-to-handle calculus rules similar to the conventional distribution calculus in \({\mathbb{R}}^m\). It is outlined that the spaces of test functions showing a singularity at the origin also appeared in the theory of so-called thick distributions. The theory of distributions with thick points in one variable introduced by \textit{R. Estrada} and \textit{S. A. Fulling} [Int. J. Appl. Math. Stat. 10, No. SO7, 25--37 (2007; Zbl 1153.46025)]. The link between the new theory of signum distributions and thick distributions will be explored next.

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