Ray transform on Sobolev spaces of symmetric tensor fields, I: Higher order Reshetnyak formulas

Abstract: For an integer

r g e 0

, we prove the

r

th order Reshetnyak formula for the ray transform of rank

m

symmetric tensor fields on

m a t h b b R^{n}

. Certain differential operators

A^{(m, r, l)} (0 l e l l e r)

on the sphere

m a t h b b S^{n - 1}

are main ingredients of the formula. The operators are defined by an algorithm that can be applied for any

r

although the volume of calculations grows fast with

r

. The algorithm is realized for small values of

r

and Reshetnyak formulas of orders

0, 1, 2

are presented in an explicit form.

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