The ball in \({\mathbb{C}}^ n\) is a closed complex submanifold of a polydisc (Q1821918)

The author constructs a proper holomorphic map from the unit ball \(B_ n\) in \({\mathbb{C}}^ n\) (n\(\geq 2)\) to some higher dimensional polydisc \(\Delta_{4M(n)}\) in \({\mathbb{C}}^{4M(n)}\), where M(n) depends only on n and is given in terms of a covering property of \(B_ n\). The construction is by an inductive procedure employing the peak function \(g(z)=\exp \{-m(1-<z,w>)\},\) with \(w\in \partial B_ n\) and m a large integer. The extra dimensions are needed to adjust for the oscillations of g(z), and an auxiliary weight function is used in the proof. The result is in contrast to the fact that there exists no proper holomorphic map from \(\Delta_ n\) to any \(B_ m\), nor from \(B_ n\) to \(\Delta_ n\). The author poses the interesting question whether 4M(n) can be improved to \(n+1\).