The spectrum of the Leray transform for convex Reinhardt domains in \(\mathbb C^2\) (Q734341)

The construction of the Leray transform in \({\mathbb C}^2\) for Reinhardt domains in \({\mathbb C}^2\) requires that the considered domains satisfy a condition of geometric character, namely the condition of \({\mathbb C}\)-linear convexity. The authors of this paper deal with 3-classes of such domains \({\mathcal P}\), \({\mathcal R}\) and \(\widetilde {\mathcal R}\), where \(\widetilde {\mathcal R}\) consists of bounded convex complex \(C^1\)-smooth Reinhardt domains in \({\mathbb C}^2\). But the authors prove that \[ \mathbf{D} \in \widetilde {\mathcal R} \;\text{ iff } \;\mathbf{D} = \{ (z_1, z_2) \in {\mathbb C}^2: | z_2| < \Phi(| z_1|), \;| z_1 | < b_1 \}, \] where \(\Phi\) is a continuous function on \([0, b_1)\) which satisfy a list of conditions (see Proposition 7). An analogous description for the class \({\mathcal R}\) is formulated in Definition 16, and it is proved that \({\mathcal R}\) is a subclass of \(\widetilde {\mathcal R}\). The class \({\mathcal P}\) consists of weighted \(L^p\)-balls \[ \{ (z_1, z_2) \in {\mathbb C}^2: a_1 | z_1|^2 + a_2 | z_2|^2 < 1, \;a_1 >0, a_2 >0\}. \] It is proved that \({\mathcal P} \subset \widetilde{\mathcal R} \subset {\mathcal R}\). The definition of the Leray operator \({\mathbf L}_\mathbf{D}\) on the \({\mathbb C}^2\)-smooth convex domain \(\mathbf{D} \subset {\mathbb C}^2\), and the Leray kernel \(L(\zeta, w)\), \(\zeta \in b\mathbf{D}\), \(w \in \mathbf{D}\), (\(b{\mathbf D}\) denotes the boundary of \(\mathbf{D}\)) is given in the introduction. When the integral \({\mathbf L} f(w)\) converges, the image of the map \(f \to {\mathbf L}f\) is a holomorphic function in \({\mathbf D}\), namely the Leray transform, which reproduces a holomorphic function on \({\mathbf D}\) from its boundary values. The Leray kernel for domains of \(\widetilde{\mathcal R}\) and the associated Leray transform \({\mathbf L}_\mathbf{D}\) are computed in the \S 3. A detailed information about \({\mathbf L}_\mathbf{D}\) on certain convex Reinhardt domains \(\mathbf{D}\) in \({\mathbb C}^2\) is obtained, especially in the next study-topics (A) and (B). Following the authors text, we read (A) \({\mathbf L}\) is \(L^2\)-bounded on some, but not all, smoothly bounded weakly convex domains; (B) \({\mathbf L}\) is \(L^2\)-bounded on some, but not all, strongly convex domains whose boundaries are less than \(C^2\)-smooth. A duality principle established in the paper provides an interesting link between the cases (A) and (B) formulated above. The important calculation of the essential spectra is based on the boundary measures which include surface measures. This is developed for the announced study-topics (C) and (D) (see the paper) where the established duality relates the behavior of \({\mathbf L}_\mathbf{D}\) to its corresponding one on the polar domain \(\mathbf{D}^*\) (see (7.1)). In general, the content of this paper is very rich, but the organization of the exposition of the facts and the ideas, including the interconnection with other authors (the crucial are remarks about the Kerzman-Stein kernel) is complicated and not very systematic.