On the Cauchy problem for the \(\overline \partial\) operator (Q1042553)

Let \(X\) be an \(n\)-dimensional Stein manifold. Let \(\Omega \subset X\) be an open set, and let \(r,g \in {\mathcal C}^\infty (\Omega )\) be two real-valued functions on \(\Omega\). The authors define \(M=\{ z\in \Omega : g(z)<0\) and \(r(z)=0 \}\), \(N=\{ z\in \Omega: g(z)=0\) and \(r(z)\leq 0 \}\), \(D=\{ z\in \Omega: g(z)<0\) and \(r(z)\leq 0 \}\). They assume that \(D\) is connected and relatively compact in \(\Omega\). Moreover, that \(dr \neq 0\) on \(\overline M\), \(dg\neq 0 \) on \(N\) and \(dr\wedge dg \neq 0\) on \(\overline M \cap N\). The authors establish vanishing theorems for the cohomology groups on \(D\) with zero Cauchy data on \(M\). For this purpose, they have to make some further convexity assumptions on \(r\) and \(g\). They show that \(H^{p,s}(D, {\mathcal I})=0,\) for \(p=0,1, \dots ,n\) and \(s=0,1,\dots ,n-2\), where \[ H^{p,s}(D,{\mathcal I})= \frac{{\text{Ker}} \{ \overline \partial:{\mathcal I}_{(p,s)}(D) \rightarrow {\mathcal I}_{(p,s+1)}(D) \}}{{\text{Im}} \{ \overline \partial :{\mathcal I}_{(p,s-1)}(D) \rightarrow {\mathcal I}_{(p,s)}(D) \}} \] and \({\mathcal I}_{(p,s)}(D)\) denotes the differential ideal in \({\mathcal C}_{(p,s)}^\infty (D)\) generated by \(r\) and \(\overline \partial r\). The Cauchy problem for the \(\overline \partial\) operator is to find \(u\in {\mathcal C}_{(p,s)}^\infty (D)\) such that \(\overline \partial u =f\) in \(D\) and \(u|_M=u_0\) for given \(f\in {\mathcal C}_{(p,s+1)}^\infty (D) \) and \(u_0 \in{\mathcal C}_{(p,s)}^\infty (M)\). The authors point out that the existence of a solution \(u\) to this Cauchy problem for all compatible data \(f\) and \(u_0\) is equivalent to \(H^{p,s+1}(D, {\mathcal I})=0,\) and that the solution \(u\) is unique if and only if \(H^{p,s}(D,{\mathcal I})=0\). It is also shown that the above results have applications to the solvability of the tangential Cauchy-Riemann equation on \(M\) without shrinking the domain. In addition, the authors discuss some illustrative examples.