are numerous useful integral transforms. Each is specified by a choice of the function of two variables, that is called the kernel or nucleus of the transform.

Some kernels have an associated inverse kernel which (roughly speaking) yields an inverse transform:

A symmetric kernel is one that is unchanged when the two variables are permuted; it is a kernel function ' such that . In the theory of integral equations, symmetric kernels correspond to self-adjoint operators.

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