A Morera theorem for the boundary values of holomorphic functions in the unit ball in \(\mathbb C^ N\). (Q1414972)

Let \(\mathbb B_N\subset\mathbb C^N\), \(N\geq 2\), be the open unit ball. Suppose that an affine complex subspace \(\Lambda\) of complex dimension \(k\) intersects \(\partial\mathbb B_N\) transversely. We say that \(f\in C(\partial\mathbb B_N)\) has the Morera property with respect to \(\Lambda\) if the integral \(\int_{\Lambda\cap \partial\mathbb B_N}f\alpha\) vanishes for each \((k,k-1)\)-form \(\alpha\) on \(\mathbb C^N\) with constant coefficients. The Morera theorem [\textit{C. Berenstein, D-C. Chang, D. Pascuas} and \textit{L. Zalcman}, Contemp. Math. 137, 63--78 (1992; Zbl 0769.32001), Theorem 2.4], shows that the Morera property of \(f\in C(\partial\mathbb B_N)\) with respect to certain families of affine complex planes of complex dimension \(k\) at a fixed distance from the origin is sufficient to guarantee that \(f\) extends through \(\mathbb B_N\) as a member of \(A(\mathbb B_N)\). Since the Morera theorem for complex hyperplanes at a fixed distance \(r\) from the origin holds only if \(r\) does not belong to an exceptional set, one would expect that this is the strongest possible result in the sense that one cannot replace the Morera conditions along complex hyperplanes with the weaker Morera conditions along real hyperplanes. However, this turns out to be possible and this is the result of the present paper.