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On the interplay between the Hilbert transform and conjugate harmonic functions
Author(s) -
Brackx Fred,
Knock Bram De,
Schepper Hennie De,
Eelbode David
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
mathematical methods in the applied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1099-1476
pISSN - 0170-4214
DOI - 10.1002/mma.735
Subject(s) - mathematics , hilbert space , hilbert transform , conjugate , context (archaeology) , harmonic function , mathematical analysis , pure mathematics , complex plane , domain (mathematical analysis) , boundary (topology) , algebra over a field , paleontology , statistics , spectral density , biology
As is well‐known, there is a close and well‐defined connection between the notions of Hilbert transform and of conjugate harmonic functions in the context of the complex plane. This holds e.g. in the case of the Hilbert transform on the real line, which is linked to conjugate harmonicity in the upper (or lower) half plane. It also can be rephrased when dealing with the Hilbert transform on the boundary of a simply connected domain related to conjugate harmonics in its interior (or exterior). In this paper, we extend these principles to higher dimensional space, more specifically, in a Clifford analysis setting. We will show that the intimate relation between both concepts remains, however giving rise to a range of possibilities for the definition of either new Hilbert‐like transforms, or specific notions of conjugate harmonicity. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.