The Richberg technique for subsolutions (Q2227300)

The authors extend the classical Richberg technique from pluripotential theory to the \(F\)-potential theory associated to a general nonlinear convex subequation \(F\subset J^2(X)\), on a manifold \(X\). The main result of the paper is a ``local to global'' result that states that if \(u\) is a continuous, strictly \(F\)-subharmonic function such that each point \(x\in X\) has a fundamental neighborhood system consisting of domains for which a ``quasi'' form of \(C^{\infty}\) approximations holds, then for any positive \(h\in C(X)\), there exists a strictly \(F\)-subharmonic function \(w\in C^{\infty}(X)\) with \(u<w<u+h\). Applications include all convex, constant coefficient subequations on \(\mathbb{R}^n\), along with several nonlinear subequations on complex and almost complex manifolds.