k∈Z, set k∗=−n−1−k, and denote by OP(k) the −k-th tensor power of
the tautological line bundle on P. By [3, Corollary 4.5], for −n−1<k<0
there is a natural isomorphism:
RΓ(P;Fw
⊗ OP(k)) ∼
−→ RΓ(P∗; (F◦L)w
⊗ OP∗(k∗))[n],(1)
where w
⊗denotes the functor of formal cohomology introduced in [10].
Let Pand P∗be real n-dimensional projective spaces of which Pand
P∗are linear complexifications. There are essentially two locally constant
sheaves of rank one on P, here denoted by CP(ε) for ε∈Z/2Z(with CP(0)
being the constant sheaf). For k∈Z, the complex CP(ε)w
⊗OP(k) is identified
to C∞
P(ε|k). This is the C∞-line bundle on Pwhose sections, written in
homogeneous coordinates, satisfy the relation:
f(λx) = (sgn λ)ελkf(x)∀λ∈R\ {0}.
As it is well-known (cf e.g., [4, page 73]) the real projective Radon transform
R(ε|k)
Pof Definition 1.1 is an isomorphism for −n−1<k<0. In [3], we
recovered this result as a corollary of formula (1) for F=CP(ε), by checking
that CP(ε)◦Lis isomorphic to CP∗(ε∗)[−n], up to constant sheaves on P∗.
Let E=P\Hbe an affine chart. The Schwartz space S(E) of rapidly
decreasing C∞-functions is naturally identified to Γ(P;CE
w
⊗ OP(k)). Denote
by ξ◦∈P∗the point corresponding to H⊂P. For −n−1<k<0 and
ε∗≡1, the image of S(E) by R(ε|k)
Pis the set of sections of C∞
P∗(ε∗|k∗), which
are flat at ξ◦, and which satisfy the Cavalieri condition: for any non-negative
integer mand for any ξ0, the integral:
c(0|m)
ξ◦ϕ(ξ0) = Z+∞
−∞
ϕ(sξ◦+ξ0)smds
is a homogeneous polynomial of degree m+k∗+ 1 in ξ0.
Classically (cf e.g., [4, page 86]), the proof of this statement makes use
of the inversion formula for the Fourier transform. Here, we recover this
result, in a projectively invariant manner, as a corollary of formula (1) for
F=CE. More precisely, the embedding H →Pinduces by duality a
projection P∗\{ξ◦} −→ H∗, where H∗is an (n−1)-dimensional real projective
space. Denote by q:P∗\ {ξ◦} −→ H∗a complexification of this projection,
and set Q∗=q−1(H∗). An explicit computation shows that, modulo constant
sheaves on P∗, there is a distinguished triangle:
CE◦L−→ CP∗\{ξ◦}(1)[−n]−→ CQ∗[1 −n]−→
+1 .
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