Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2019 / ia / Paper 3 / 10B / b / Solution

The unit sphere and the kernel $e^{-c|y-x{|}^2}$ are invariant under every rotation in three dimensions fixing $y$. Therefore $T(y)$ has the same axisymmetry, so part (a) gives

Choose spherical polar coordinates with polar axis $y$ and put $u=\cos \theta =x\cdot y$. Since $|x|=|y|=1$,The tensor contraction giving the trace isSimilarly,At $c=0$ these expressions have the continuous limiting values $4\pi$ and $4\pi /3$. Writing them as $A=T_{kk}=3\alpha +\beta$ and $B=T_{ij}{y}_i{y}_j=\alpha +\beta$ gives