Degree and holomorphic extensions (Q2470955)

The main results of the paper are the following two extension theorems. (1) Let \(D\subset\mathbb C^N\) be a bounded convex domain, \(N\geq2\). Then a continuous mapping \(\Phi:\partial D\to\mathbb C^N\) is holomorphically extendible to \(D\) iff for every polynomial mapping \(P:\mathbb C^N\to\mathbb C^N\) with \(\Phi+P\neq0\) on \(\partial D\), the degree of \(\Phi+P| _{\partial D}\) is non-negative. (2) Let \(D\subset\mathbb C^N\) be a bounded domain with \(\mathcal C^2\) boundary such that \(\overline D\) admits a Stein neighborhood basis, \(N\geq2\). Then a continuous mapping \(\Phi:\partial D\to\mathbb C^N\) is holomorphically extendible to \(D\) iff for every holomorphic mapping \(G:\overline D\to\mathbb C^N\) with \(\Phi+G\neq0\) on \(\partial D\), the degree of \(\Phi+G| _{\partial D}\) is non-negative.