Peak sets in pseudoconvex domains with the (NP)-property (Q759867)

For a bounded pseudoconvex domain \(D\subset {\mathbb{C}}^ n\) with \(C^{\infty}\) boundary let \(A^{\infty}(D)\) be the set of holomorphic functions on D which have a \(C^{\infty}\) extension to \(\bar D\) and let \({\mathcal O}(D)\) be the set of holomorphic functions in a neighborhood of \(\bar D.\) - D has the (NP)-property if the set of weakly pseudoconvex boundary points of D is contained in a finite collection of real-analytic curves and does not contain any complex-tangential real-analytic curve. The (NP)-property was introduced by A. V. Noell for domains in \({\mathbb{C}}^ 2\) and he proved that bounded convex domains in \({\mathbb{C}}^ 2\) with real-analytic boundary have the (NP)-property. He also proved that each closed subset of a peak set for \(A^{\infty}(D)\) is a peak set for \(A^{\infty}(D)\), if D is a bounded pseudoconvex domain in \({\mathbb{C}}^ 2\) with the (NP)-property. The same result for strongly pseudoconvex domains in \({\mathbb{C}}^ n\) was proved by J. Chaumat and A.-M. Chollet, for pseudoconvex domains of finite type in \({\mathbb{C}}^ 2\) by A. V. Noell and for pseudoconvex domains in \({\mathbb{C}}^ n\) with isolated degeneracies by the author. In this paper the result is proved for domains in \({\mathbb{C}}^ n\) with the (NP)-property. An example of bounded convex domain D in \({\mathbb{C}}^ 2\) with real-analytic boundary and a closed subset of a peak set for \({\mathcal O}(D)\) which is not a peak set for \({\mathcal O}(D)\) shows that the result fails for peak sets for \({\mathcal O}(D)\).