Mehler–Fock transform

In mathematics, the Mehler–Fock transform is an integral transform introduced by Mehler (1881) and rediscovered by Fock (1943).

It is given by

$F(x) =\int_0^\infty P_{it-1/2}(x)f(t) dt,\quad (1 \leq x \leq \infty),$

where P is a Legendre function of the first kind.

Under appropriate conditions, the following inversion formula holds:

$f(t) = t \tanh(\pi t) \int_1^\infty P_{it-1/2}(x)F(x) dx ,\quad (0 \leq t \leq \infty).$

References

• Brychkov, Yu.A.; Prudnikov, A.P. (2001), "m/m063340", in Hazewinkel, Michiel, Encyclopedia of Mathematics, Springer, ISBN 978-1-55608-010-4
• Fock, V. A. (1943), "On the representation of an arbitrary function by an integral involving Legendre's functions with a complex index", C. R. (Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS (N.S.) 39: 253–256, MR 0009665
• Mehler, F. G. (1881), "Ueber eine mit den Kugel- und Cylinderfunctionen verwandte Function und ihre Anwendung in der Theorie der Elektricitätsvertheilung", Mathematische Annalen (in German) (Springer Berlin / Heidelberg) 18 (2): 161–194, doi:10.1007/BF01445847, ISSN 0025-5831
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