Topological invariance of the solvability of complex-valued vector fields in the plane (Q1312794): Difference between revisions

We consider a germ at \(0 \in \mathbb{R}^ 2\) of a real-analytic function \(z\), with \(dz(0) \neq 0\), and estimate the size of the obstruction to the solvability, for \(u \in C^ \infty\), of the equation \[ Lu=f,\quad \text{with} \quad f \in C^ \infty \quad \text{ and } \quad L=z_ x {\partial \over \partial y} - z_ y{\partial \over \partial x}, \] in terms of the cohomology group \(H^ 1_{dz}\) -- the cohomology relative to \(dz\) -- and we show that this cohomology group is a topological invariant. More precisely, if \(L\) and \(L'\) are topologically equivalent vector fields at \(0 \in \mathbb{R}^ 2\), then the corresponding cohomology groups are the same.