Radial Functions
Definition1
If the function defined above by $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ satisfies the following, it is called radial.
$$ f(R\mathbf{x}) = f(\mathbf{x}) \text{ for all rotations } R $$
Explanation
Directly translated as a radial function, but hardly anyone calls it that. The function value depends only on the distance $\left| x \right|$ from the origin.
- In physics, it is often referred to as spherical symmetry. Examples include gravity, the electric field created by a point charge.
- In statistics, especially in spatial statistics, Isotropic Variogram is an example.
Gerald B. Folland, Fourier Analysis and Its Applications (1992), p246-247 ↩︎