An equivalence to the Gleason problem (Q984792)

For a bounded open set \(D\subset \mathbb C^n\), let \(X(D)\) denote some Banach algebra of holomorphic functions on \(D\). The Gleason problem for \(X(D)\) at a point \(p\in D\) is as follows: If \(f \in X(D)\) with \(f(p)=0\), do there exist functions \(f_1,\dots,f_n \in X(D)\) such that \(f(z) = \sum_{i=1}^n (z_i - p_i) f_i(z)\) for all \(z \in D\)? Whether the Gleason problem is solvable depends on \(D\) and the Banach algebra \(X(D)\). Many authors have studied the Gleason problem for various function spaces. Gleason originally asked the problem for \(p=0\), \(D=B\) the open unit ball and \(X(D) = A(B)\) the ball algebra. When a domain \(D\) is such that the Gleason problem for \(X(D)\) is solvable at every point in \(D\), then \(D\) is said to have the Gleason \(X(D)\) property. In the paper under review, the author first shows a necessary condition for a domain \(D\) in \(\mathbb C^n\) to have the Gleason \(A(D)\) property. Moreover, a sufficient condition for certain domains \(D \subset\mathbb C^n\) to have the Gleason \(A(D)\) property is obtained. Finally, the sufficient condition is used to produce an example of a non-smooth Reinhardt domain in \(\mathbb C^n\) such that the Gleason problem for \(A(D)\) is solvable in a neighborhood of the origin.