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P AOLO DE B ARTOLOMEIS
Holomorphic generators of some ideals in C
∞(D)
Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Classe di Scienze 4
esérie, tome 14, n
o2 (1987), p. 199-215
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0.
Introduction,
notations and statement of the main resultsLet D c be a bounded
domain with
C°°-smoothboundary,
V acomplex
submanifold of a
neighbourhood
of D such that D n V =Jir
thesheaf of ideals of V and set:
It is well known
(see
e.g.[7])
that if E0(D)
1
j k,
represent acomplete defining
system for V(i.e.
for every x E D, generates overOz),
then generateEt" (V)
over
C°°(D)
if andonly
if D and V areregularly separated
in thesense
of-Lojasiewicz,
i.e. there exist h E Z I and C > 0 such that for every x E D we-
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have:
It is a natural
question
to ask under whichassumptions,
more ingeneral, I °° (V )
UI °° (V )
generates overIt is clear that is not
always
the case:take e.g.: V = L =
Iz,,,, = O},
Qany bounded
domain with COO-smoothboundary
such that Q n L = S2 nL fl 0 and
11 and L are notregularly separated
somewhere;
let B a ballcontaining
Q and letfinally
D =B B
Q.Obviously
we have = so
lOO(V)
isgenerated by (cf. [1] ] [4]),
while(zn+),
CQ .
Of course,
pseudoconcavity
of Dplays
an essential role in thisexample.
The main result of this paper is the
following:
THEOREM. Let D c be a bounded
strictly pseudoconvex
domain withCoo -smooth boundary,
let V be acomplex submanifold of
aneighbourhood of
D such that D n V = D n
V fl ø,
and let gl , ... , gk be acomplete defining
systemfor
V.Then there exists m such that
for
everyf
E onecan find Ai,...,A,,
E100(V),
a),...,ak,b),...,bk,
cl,...,cm,d),...,dm
ECOO(D)
insuch a way that:
Note that no
requirement
other than is made about the mutualposition
of D and V.The
general
ideas of theproof
are thefollowing:
1.
Investigating
the geometry of D n V(Lemmas
1.1 and1.2)
we provethat,
in the
strictly pseudoconvex
case, the area ofbad
contact(i.e.
nonregular
separa-tion)
between D and V, can be
locally
included in atotally
real submanifold E of bD 2. Since E istotally real,
functions in are(relatively) flabby
on E andso, in some sense,
they
can be deformed on E(Proposition 2.1)
in order toreproduce locally
any(possibly bad)
behaviour of functions in3.
Using
some arguments from[4],
we pass from the local result to the Theorem(Lemma
3.1 I andproposition 3.2).
As a
corollary
of the mainTheorem,
we obtain(Corollary 3.3)
thatregular separation
is necessary and sufficient condition for to begenerated
overA°°(D) by
9~ , ... , g~.The result of
Corollary
3.3 can be found in the paperby
E. Amar[2],
whichrepresented
one of thestarting points
of the presentinvestigation.
Some of the results
presented
in this paper where announced in[3].
1. - The
geometrical
situation.The first step of the
proof
of the Theorem is toinvestigate
the local geometry of D n V,especially
at thosepoints
where V and bD meetnon-transversally.
In order to
perform
thisinvestigation,
let D c 1 be astrictly pseudoconvex
domain withC°°-smooth boundary
and let L be acomplex
hyperplane
such that and L and bD are not transversal atx E L n bD ; then it is
possible
to choose localcomplex
coordinates(z,
Zn+ I),z =
(zl, ... ,
zn) in aneighbourhood
N of x in such a way thatwhere:
with
LEMMA 1.1.
Up
tocomplex
linearchanges of
coordinates, we can assumethere exist
k,
r E Z+,
0 k n, 0 r n - k, such thatsetting
zj = Xj +iyj
and T =
(Xk+l, - - -,
Xn, Yk+l,...,yn)
we haveJ-.
where P is a
non-singular symmetric
elementof M2(n-k),2(n-k)(R)
such that:P is
positive definite
onand
negative definite
onPROOF.
1.
Up
to an obviouscomplex
linearchange
of coordinates(c.l.c.c.)
we canassume
p(z)
= + Re zBtz.2. The space of
degeneracy
of p isgiven by W
={dp
=0} = I’~~ +
=0 }
and thus it is
totally
real: up to another c.l.c.c. we can assume there exists 0 k ::; n such thatThis is
equivalent
to sayand so we obtain the
description
of p we arelooking for, setting:
3.
By
means of theordinary spectral theorem,
we can find an Euclidean-orthonormal, P-orthogonal
basis B ={v1, ... , v2(n-k)}of
assume theindex of
negativity
of P is r andIv i Pvj
0, 1j
r; thus P ispositive
definite onV+ =-[V,+I,---,V2(n-k)],
which is theEuclidean-orthogonal complement
of V- =[v 1, ... , vr ];
since p isstrictly
subharmonic when restrictedto any
complex
direction in then V - istotally
real and so with afinal
orthogonal c.l.c.c.,
we can assumeand
consequently:
LEMMA 1.2. Assume
complex
coordinates are chosen in such a way that p appears in thenormalized form given by
Lemma 1.1; thus:a) if
k =0, then
there exist aneighbourhood
Uof
0 and K > 0 such thatif
xE UnD then
and so, in
particular
L and D areregularly separated
at 0;b) if
k > 0, then there exists atotally
real(k
+r)-dimensional Coo -submanifold
S
of
L,passing through
0for
which there exist aneighbourhood
Uof
0and K
> 0
such thatif 1: = (S
x ReC Zn+1 )
f1 bD and Z = L u 1: thenfor
everyx E U f1 D we have
and so, in
particular
Z and D areregularly separated
at 0.PROOF. First of all note that if x =
(z,
E D then we haveand so
a)
Assume k = 0. _1. Since we are interested
only
in thosepoints
x =(z,
zn+1 ) E D whereh(z)
> 0, in order to get(#a),
it isenough
to proveand this
condition,
of course hasnothing
to do with thecomplex
structure.2.
Up
to a real linearchange
ofcoordinates,
we can assumewhere
Recall that and so,
given setting
in the ball
B(O, p)
we have:and therefore
so we have to consider
only
Let C =
{p
=0 }
and let v be the outwardpointing
normal unit vector fieldto C -
{0},
extended toCa - 101;
for a fixed small A, v defines aprojection
~:
(0) -
C -{0} thus,
for x =(u,
v) ECA,
we haveso if x E
Ca
n L n bD is apoint
on the line from xparallel
to v(7r(x)), we haveand since , we obtain
b)
Assume k > 0.1. Let
we have 0 E S and so, in virtue of the
implicit
functionstheorem,
there existsa
neighbourhood
U of 0 such that in L n U:for C°°-smooth functions qi, am : so S is
totally
real(cf.
e.g.[5]);
setE=(,S
x and Z = L U L.2. Write D n U =
lVIK
UNK
where:then
3. We have the
following
CLAIM 1. Let
if
7r: L is the naturalprojection,
then there exists K > 0 such thatif
x E D n U and 7r(x) E
Q,
then x EMK.
PROOF OF CLAIM 1. I with
where is the Hessian
quadratic
form of h at i: we haveHess(h) =Hess(p)+Hess(~p) and,
since p ispositive
definite on L+ ={z
E0, p(z)
=o(lzI2),
we obtainso
dist(:
Now we have:
i) dist(x’, x")
C2dist(x’, S) ii)
since(~, h(z))
E L:so:
and the
proof
of claim 1 iscomplete.
4. Next step is the
following:
, then there exists K > 0 such that
PROOF OF CLAIM 2. It is
enough to show
that if x =(z, zn+1 )
E D f1 U andz V Q U (L n D)
thenh(z) > L n D);
now for such an x we haveh(z)
> 0while = 0; in the segment
li,
z],consider the last
point z
such thath(z)
= 0 and letf (t)
=h(( 1 -
sincef "(t)
=t)z + tz) [z - 2] ~ clz - il2,
thenf (t)
is a convexincreasing
function in
[0,1];
moreover we have:since we obtain
precisely
5.
Summing
up: _given
x ED n U,
if1r(x)
EQ,
thenby
claim1, x
EMK and
sodist2(x,
c,
dist(x, Z) ;
if1r(x) ft Q,
thenby
claim2, dist2(x,
L nD)
C2dist(x, L)
and sodist2(x,
Z nD)
=min(dist(z, ~), dist2(x,
L nD)}
cmin(dist(z, ~), dist(x, L)}
= C2
dist(x, Z)
and the
proof
of Lemma 1.2 iscomplete.
REMARK 1.3.
a) lemma
1.2 assertsessentially
that if D isstrictly pseudoconvex,
then D and L are notregularly separated
at most"along"
atotally
real submanifold X of bD(see [2]
for somepartial
results in thisdirection);
b)
it follows from Lemma 1.2 andWhitney
extension theorems(cf.
e.g.[7])
that if
f
Eand f
isinfinitely
flat on I then it ispossible
to find aC°°-smooth extension F of
f
around D nU, vanishing
on L fl U.2. - The semi-local case.
Lemma 1.2 enables us to prove the
following
semi-local version of the main Theorem:PROPOSITION 2.1. Let bounded
strictly pseudoconvex
domainwith COO -smooth
boundary
and let g E0(D’),
where D CCD’,
suchthat, if
v =
{g
=0},
then V n D = V n0;
let x E D such that 0: thenfor
every
neighbourhood
Uof
x, there exists anotherneighbourhood
Wof x
suchthat
if f
EC°°(U)
andf lundnv
0 thenfor
everypseudoconvex
domainD
with COO -smooth
boundary
such that D cD
cc D’ and D fl W =ÏJ
fl w, wecan
find
A EA°° (D)
such that EI °° (V ),
and a 1, ..., a4 EC°° (D),
in such away that on W n D we have
PROOF. 1. We can assume x E bD n V otherwise there is almost
nothing
toprove.
2. If V and bD are transversal at x, we obtain the result with A m 0,
using
the well-known
techniques
for theregularly separated
case.3. If V and bD are not transversal at x, then we can choose
complex
coordinates near in such a way that
(and
so we canidentify
nearx, V with L =
(zn+1 = 0}
=7fbD); performing
the c.l.c.c. as in Lemma 1.1,again
we can assume k > 0 and construct S, ~, Z as in Lemma 1.2b),
in aneighbourhood
U of O.4. Let
f
EC°°(U)
such thatf lundnv
0;choose j
E Z + in such a way that iff = f + j g
thenin
W’;
let M ={ x
EW’li
=0} :
then it ispossible
tofind p
EC°°(L, C)
suchthat m 0 and
then we have
we want to factorize p.
We need two
preliminary lemmas;
first of all letthen we have:
it is
possible
tofind
in such a way that
PROOF. For any F > 0, let
{ z
EL) dist(z, L
n D):5 e7l
and letA(e)
= sup thus we have: A(c)g
0 if c~
0 and =O(êk)
for everyKe ~
so it is
possible
to find~, A
E ~ such that:and set
thus and
LEMMA 2.3. Let a E
C°° (L, C~ )
such that 0; setA(z 1, - - - ,
Znl Zn+l) = a(z, , ... , zn): then the
facts
areequivalent:
i)
a(z) = z - L n D f1 W’ and every kii)
admits a Coo-snl00th extension around D n W’vanishing
on L n W’.PROOF.
i)*ii)
we claim that,setting
then the are, under
assumption i), Whitney
data oni.e. for any a E
(Z +)2n+2,
, any m E Z +uniformly for Ix - yl
-~ 0; in fact:1)
ifx, y E D n W’
orx, y E L n W’,
we havenothing
to prove;2)
if y E L nW’,
fromi)
it followsthat,
for any a E (1:+)2n+2
such that I = 0 and any m
setting
x = (z, ), we have:any
and so
ii)
follows fromWhitney
extension theorems(cf.
e.g.[7]).
ii)=>i)
let F be the extension inassumption ii);
if z c let x =(z, h(z)),
y =
(z, 0):
if of =(o;t,...,
an,0,
~,..., aiT,0)
C(Z’) 2n+2
then we have:Going
back to theproof
ofProposition 2.1, using
Lemma2.2,
we can findø
EC°°(L, R)
and a E E such that10
=01
= L n D and~(~p(z)) >
We can find also w, q, a e f such that
and so
setting
s = a0 cp
we obtainfor when
h(z)
0, we havealso
for and every
Let now defined
by
and
be C°°-smooth
changes
of coordinates: thenwhere
and so
Setting
using (#)
and Lemma2.3,
we obtain that admits an extension which is C°°-smooth aroundF(D
nW’)
and vanishes on M ={wn+1
=O}
and soadmits an extension which is C°°-smooth around D n W’ and vanishes on
since 4S is
n +
1-flat onimplies (cf. [4])
that it ispossible
tofind c E
C°°(D)
such that on D n W’ we haveWe want to factorize
q(s).
5. Let W c
Bn+I(O,e/2)
C c W’ be aneighbourhood
of 0 and letx 6 n
L), x -
1 on W n L; set s = X - s. Since ,S istotally
real we canfind
(cf. [5])
9 EC"(L, C)
such thatup to infinite order
let
Q
ECü(C)
such thatsupp{3
I ): thussetting
we have that
as,
as element of isinfinitely
flat on 2: and sinceZ = L U 1: and D are,
by
Lemma 1.2b), regularly separated
at 0, then the dataas
Whitney
datacoinciding
on theintersection,
areWhitney
data on(D
UZ) n W (cf.
e.g.[7])
i.e.a0160|Dnw
admits an extension C°°-smooth around D n Wvanishing
on L nW,
and sosince,
for a suitable c,supp
I we havefor any domain
17
as in the statement ofProposition 2.1; thus, following [6],
it is
possible
to find u EC°°(D)
such that au = a onD
and6. Extend now q to
C~
in the obvious way:q(~)
= then we havewe obtain on W n D
and
where
q(s - s)
as element ofC°° (D
nW )
isinfinitely
flat on Eand, by
thesame argument as
before,
thus we have on W n D
and, putting everything together,
we obtainfinally:
with
REMARK 2.4. In
general
it is notpossible
tosimplify
therepresentation
of aC°°-smooth function
by
means ofholomorphic functions, given
inProposition 2.1, i.e., given f
E ingeneral
it is notpossible
to find asingle A
EI’ (V)
suchthat,
at leastlocally
In
fact,
let such that:(and
this ispossible
whenever L has an infinite order of contact with bDalong
some real
direction);
iff
= aA + bA with A c and a, b eC’(D),
fromi)
we obtain
. - - . 1)
and
thus
{À
=0 }
is acomplex
submanifold of Dcontaining If
=0}:
contradiction.3. - The
general
case.Our next step is to extend
Proposition
2.1 to the case ofarbitrary
codimension.
Consider first the case V is a linear
submanifold;
in thisdirection,
we havethe
following
LEMMA 3.1. Let D C
Cn, 1 be a
boundedstrictly pseudoconvex
domain withC°° -smooth
boundary
and let V = = ... = zn+1 = ~ } ~
assumelet x E D: then
for
everyneighbourhood U of
x, there exists anotherneighbourhood
Wof
x suchthat, if f
EC°°(U)
andf lundnv =
0,then
itis
possible
tofind
A ElOO(V)
and a, b, ak, 1, - - -bk+ i , ... , bn+
I EC°° (D)
insuch a way that on W n D we have .
PROOF. 1. We can assume x E
bD f1 V,
V and bD are not transversal at x andtherefore,
e.g. = L = =O}.
2. Let M = 1 = ... = zn -
O}:
thus bD and M are transversal at x and therefore in aneighbourhood W
C U of x : thus we can find anotherstrictly pseudoconvex
domainD D
D such that D n W =D
n W and M and bD are transversaleverywhere,
soDO)
= M n17
is astrictly pseudoconvex (k + 1 )-dimensional
domain with C°°-smoothboundary.
Let
f
EC°°(U)
such that 0; since V is 1-codimensional inapplying proposition
2.1. to andf lunm,
we can findan+l,bn+¡,a,b
ECOO (D),
~c E = o suchthat,
onfJO)
n WNow,
since M andbD
aretransversal, by [4] (Lemma
2ii)),
it ispossible
tofind A E such that
ÀIDI) =
it, so ifwe have
(F -
= 0 andagain
onfor ~, so the
proof
of Lemma 3.1 iscomplete.
We have now the
following
PROPOSITION 3.2. Let D, V, gl,..., gk as in the main Theorem and assume gj E
0 (D’)
1j
k, where D’ D D; then,for
everyneighbourhood
Uof
xthere
exists anotherneighbourhood
Wof
x such thatfor
everyfunction f
EC°°(U)
such thatf (Dn_vnv
= 0, it ispossible
tofind A
EI°°(Y)
and a, b,a 1, ... , ak,
bi bk
ECOO (D)
in such a way that in W n D we havePROOF 1. As
usual,
we can assume x E V f1 bD; let G :D’ ---+ C k
be theholomorphic
mapgiven by G (z) = (9 1 (Z), - - - , gk (z))
and let r be itsgraph.
2. Let
f
EC°°(U)
such thatf IDnunv =
0; since(gI,..., gk)
is acomplete defining
system for V, we can find(cf. [4],
Lemma5)
aneighbourhood
A ofx in
C n,
andcomplex
coordinates v I.... lvq,q = n + 1 + k,
in such a way thatwhere
thus,
since 13. Let now W C C W’ two
neighbourhoods
of x inC "
I such thatA n
cn+l
D W’ and let p =Cü(W’)
such that p - 1 on W ; setf
=pf; setting
we obtain 0 so we can construct in D’ x a
strictly
pseudoconvex
domain B with C°°-smoothboundary
such thatand we can extend
F
to an element F ofC"(B)
in such a way thatFlrnB
== 0and
FIDnw
=I.
4. Now r n B is
holomorphically equivalent
to aplane section, thus, using
Lemma
3.1.,
we can find aneighbourhood W
of xin
xC~,
A EAOO(B)
such that
AlrnB --_ o, a, h, a 1, ... , ak,
EC°° (B )
in such a way that onBnW
and
therefore, setting
we obtain
precisely
We are now in the
position
to prove our mainTheorem: using Proposition 3.2,
we can construct an open cover U = of D in such a waythat,
for everyf E ~°°(V )
one can findA 1, - - - , am
E7°°(V), al ,..., ak’ 1
...,c (h) , d~h~ e C°°(D)
1 h m such that on D f1 W ~h~Let A be the sheaf on D of germs of functions C°°-smooth up to bD and let
thus
f
EB).
Consider the exact sequence of sheaves
where:
cohomology
sequence, we obtain:is exact and this concludes the
proof
of the main Theorem.From the main Theorem we can deduce the
following (cf.
also[2]).
COROLLARY 3.3. Let D, V, 91, gk as in the main
Theorem;
then thefollowing
statements areequivalent:
i)
D and V areregularly separated;
ii)
generateI °° (V )
overA°° (D).
PROOF.
i)=*ii):
see[1]
and[4].
ii)=*i)
if gl , ... , gk generate overA°°(D),
from themain
Theoremit follows
that
generate overC’(D),
so(see
introduction)
D and V areregularly separated.
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