A generalization of the annulus formula for the relative extremal function

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Abstract: The main result of this paper is some "annulus" formula for the relative extremal function in the context of Stein spaces (Theorem 1.1). Our result may be useful in the theory of the extension of separately holomorphic functions on generalized (N,k)-crosses lying in the product of Stein manifolds (Theorem 4.6).


Let \(X\) be a complex space (reduced, countable at infinity, pure dimensional), let \(D\subset X\) be a domain, and let \(A\subset D\). Then the \textit{relative extremal function of \(A\) in \(D\)} is defined as \(h^\ast_{A,D}\), where NEWLINENEWLINE\[NEWLINE h_{A,D}(z):=\sup\Big\{u(z): u\in\mathcal{PSH}(D),\; u\leq1,\;u|_A\leq 0\Big\},\quad z\in D, NEWLINE\]NEWLINE and \({}^\ast\) stands for the upper semicontinuous regularization. Define \(\Delta(r):=\{z\in D: h^\ast_{A,D}(z)<r\}\), \(0<r\leq1\).NEWLINENEWLINEThe main result of the paper is the following theorem. Assume that \(D\subset\subset X\) and: NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE - either \(X\) is a Stein space and \(D\) is the union of an increasing sequence of irreducible, locally irreducible, weakly parabolic Stein spaces;NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE - or \(X\) is a Josefson manifold and \(D\) is the union of an increasing sequence of Stein manifolds. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINENEWLINE Then for any non-pluripolar set \(A\subset D\) and \(0<r<s\leq1\) we haveNEWLINE NEWLINE\[NEWLINE h^\ast_{\Delta(r), \Delta(s)}(z)=\max\bigg\{0, \frac{h^\ast_{A,D}(z)-r}{s-r}\bigg\},\quad z\in\Delta(s). NEWLINE\]NEWLINE In the case where \(X\) is a Riemann domain of holomorphy over \(\mathbb C^n\) the above formula was proved in the paper [the reviewer and \textit{P. Pflug}, Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 138, No. 11, 3923--3932 (2010; Zbl 1220.32002)]. It is still an open problem whether the above formula occurs in the general case.NEWLINENEWLINEAs an application, the author proves a general extension theorem for separately holomorphic functions defined on \((N,k)\) crosses in Stein manifolds.












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