Fourier, Gauss, Fraunhofer, Porod and the shape from moments problem

DOI10.1063/1.3676310MaRDI QIDQ2853633zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Gregg M. Gallatin

Publication date 16 October 2013

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.5262

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Diffraction, scattering (78A45) Fourier and Fourier-Stieltjes transforms and other transforms of Fourier type (42B10) Moment problems (44A60) Polyhedra and polytopes; regular figures, division of spaces (51M20)

Abstract: We show how the Fourier transform of a shape in any number of dimensions can be simplified using Gauss's law and evaluated explicitly for polygons in two dimensions, polyhedra three dimensions, etc. We also show how this combination of Fourier and Gauss can be related to numerous classical problems in physics and mathematics. Examples include Fraunhofer diffraction patterns, Porods law, Hopfs Umlaufsatz, the isoperimetric inequality and Didos problem. We also use this approach to provide an alternative derivation of Davis's extension of the Motzkin-Schoenberg formula to polygons in the complex plane.

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