The Cauchy-Riemann equations on product domains (Q532544)

The authors show that \(\bar\partial\) has closed range on a product domain provided that \(\bar\partial\) has closed range on each factor. The same result may be given using separation of variables and spectral theory. However, it is difficult to use this method to draw conclusions about the regularity of the solution of the \(\bar\partial\)-equation. There is a different approach, using a direct construction of a solution operator on a product domain, and the authors use this approach to prove the result. Using this method, they deduce the regularity of the canonical solution for \((p, 1)\)-forms in special Sobolev spaces represented as tensor products of Sobolev spaces on the factors of the product. This leads to regularity results for smooth data. In particular, this paper answers affirmatively the question of the existence of the closed-range property for the product domain of an annulus and a ball in \(\mathbb C^n\) (which is not pseudoconvex, a question raised by X. Chen) and the product \(D\times{\mathbb C} P^1\) of the unit disc \(D\) in \(\mathbb C\) and the Riemann sphere (which is not Stein, a question raised by J. Cao).