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Compactly supported smooth functions are unique from any open set of Radon angles

Statement

Let Θ⊂S1 be a nonempty open set of unit line normals and let f∈Cc∞(R2;C). If the line integral Rf(θ,s) is zero for every θ∈Θ and s∈R, then f is zero everywhere. The assertion holds without Countable Choice.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A nonempty open set Θ⊂S1, a compactly supported smooth complex function f, and the hypothesis Rf(θ,s)=0 for every measured normal and offset.

[F1]

For this proof, put WΘ={σθ:θ∈Θ, σ∈R∖{0}}. Since Θ is nonempty and open, it contains an open arc J, and the positive-radius sector {rθ:r>0, θ∈J} is a nonempty open subset of WΘ.

[F2]

The Fourier-slice identity for the Euclidean Radon transform: for compactly supported smooth input and the line-normal convention, Rf^(θ,σ)=f^(σθ) for all real σ; the supplier proof uses no Countable Choice.

[F3]

The compact-support Fourier-Laplace transform is entire in each coordinate: the compact-support Riemann Fourier-Laplace transform of a smooth compactly supported function is entire in each coordinate, with coordinate derivatives given by integrals with polynomial factors; the proof is choice-free.

[F4]

Linearity, monotonicity, the absolute-value estimate and coordinate-slice additivity for the Riemann integral in Rm: the real Riemann integral is linear, monotone, and bounded by volume times a uniform absolute bound; apply it componentwise to complex functions.

[F5]

Identity theorem for holomorphic functions: a holomorphic function on a connected domain that vanishes on a set with an accumulation point in the domain vanishes everywhere.

[F6]

Real Stone--Weierstrass theorem for compact metric spaces: real polynomials on a compact subset of R2 are dense in its real continuous functions because they form a unital point-separating algebra.

Proof

1.1F1F2F3F5givenchoose

The hypothesis and the compact-support Fourier-slice identity [F2] give f^(σθ)=0 for every θ∈Θ and σ∈R. By [F1], this includes the nonempty open positive-radius sector generated by J; choose a product of open real intervals I1×I2 inside that sector. For each real ξ2∈I2, the entire function z1↦f^(z1,ξ2) vanishes on I1, so [F5] makes it zero for every complex z1. Then for every real ξ1 the entire second-coordinate slice vanishes on I2, and [F5] makes it zero everywhere. Thus f^ vanishes on all of R2.

2.1F3F4F6givenstep 1.1∎

Let K=supp⁡f. If K=∅, then f=0. Otherwise, fix a rectangle B whose interior contains K and interpret all integrals below as compact-support Riemann integrals over B. Repeated use of the coordinate derivative formula in [F3] shows ∫Bxαf(x) dx=0 for every multi-index α, since all real-frequency derivatives of f^ vanish at the origin. The real polynomials restricted to K form a unital subalgebra separating points, because the coordinate functions distinguish distinct points. For an arbitrary ε>0, apply [F6] separately to Re⁡f‾ and Im⁡f‾ with error ε/2 and combine the two real polynomials into one complex polynomial p with ∥p−f‾∥C(K)<ε. Every moment is zero, so ∫Bfp=0. Since f=0 outside K, the real Riemann integral bound [F4] on both components gives 0≤∫B∣f∣2=∣∫Bf(f‾−p)∣≤2 vol⁡(B)∥f∥C(B)ε. As this holds for every ε>0, ∫B∣f∣2=0; no sequence of approximants is selected. If f were nonzero at a point, continuity would bound ∣f∣2 below by a positive number on a nondegenerate box inside B, forcing its nonnegative Riemann integral to be positive. Thus f=0 everywhere. This proof uses neither Fourier inversion nor Countable Choice.

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