Injectivity and range description of first $(k+1)$ integral moment transforms over $m$-tensor fields in $\mathbb{R}^n$

Abstract

In this work, we prove a new decomposition result for rank $m$ symmetric tensor fields which generalizes the well known solenoidal and potential decomposition of tensor fields. This decomposition is then used to describe the kernel and to prove an injectivity result for first $(k+1)$ integral moment transforms of symmetric $m$-tensor fields in $\mathbb{R}^n$. Additionally, we also present a range characterization for first $(k+1)$ integral moment transforms in terms of the John's equation.