Compactness estimates for \(\square_{b}\) on a CR manifold (Q2845748)

The authors extend to the case of an abstract pseudoconvex CR manifold \(M\) of hypersurface type a result stated by \textit{A. C. Nicoara} [Adv. Math. 199, No. 2, 356--447 (2006; Zbl 1091.32017)] for the embedded case. They consider the (CR-\(P_q\))-property of \textit{A. Raich} [Math. Ann. 348, No. 1, 81--117 (2010; Zbl 1238.32032)], which roughly states that there exist locally uniformly bounded real valued functions whose complex Hessian has \(q\) arbitrarily large positive proper values in the analytic tangent to \(M\). Requiring that \(2q\) does not exceed the CR dimension of \(M\), they prove the compactness estimate for tangential \((p,k)\)-forms with \(q\leq{k}\leq \nu-q\), where \(\nu={\mathrm{CR}}\text{-dim}(M)\): for every \(\epsilon>0\) there is \(C_{\epsilon}\geq{0}\) such that NEWLINE\[NEWLINE\|u\|^2\leq\epsilon(\|\bar{\partial}_bu\|^2+\|\bar{\partial}^*u\|^2)+C_\epsilon\|u\|^2_{-1},\quad\forall u.NEWLINE\]NEWLINE This inequality extends to the cases \(k=0,\nu\) when \(q=1\) and either \(\bar{\partial}_b\) has closed range on functions, or \(\nu\geq{2}\).