Banach analytic sets and a non-linear version of the Levi extension theorem

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Abstract: We prove a certain non-linear version of the Levi extension theorem for meromorphic functions. This means that the meromorphic function in question is supposed to be extendable along a sequence of complex curves, which are arbitrary, not necessarily straight lines. Moreover, these curves are not supposed to belong to any finite dimensional analytic family. The conclusion of our theorem is that nevertheless the function in question meromorphically extends along an (infinite dimensional) analytic family of complex curves and its domain of existence is a pinched domain filled in by this analytic family.


The author proves a Levi-type extension theorem for meromorphic functions. Let \(\Delta\subset\mathbb C\) stand for the unit disc and let \(\Delta_r:=r\Delta\). For \(\varepsilon\in(0,1)\) define \(R_{1+\varepsilon}:=\{(\lambda,z)\in\Delta_{1+\varepsilon}\times\Delta: |\lambda|>1-\varepsilon\}\). Let \(\varPhi_k:\Delta_{1+\varepsilon}\to\Delta\), \(k\in\mathbb N_0\), be holomorphic functions such that \(\varPhi_k\to\varPhi_0\) uniformly on \(\Delta_{1+\varepsilon}\). We say that \((\varPhi)_{k=0}^\infty\) is a \textit{test sequence} if \(\varPhi_k-\varPhi_0\) has no zeros on \(\partial\Delta\) for \(k\gg1\) and \(\text{Var}_{\partial\Delta}\text{Arg}(\varPhi_k-\varPhi_0)\) is bounded when \(k\to+\infty\). The main result of the paper is the following non-linear version of the Levi theorem. Assume that \(f\) is meromorphic on \(R_{1+\varepsilon}\) and \((\varPhi_k)_{k=0}^\infty\) is a test sequence. Let \(C_k\) denote the graph of \(\varPhi_k\). Assume that for every \(k\), the function \(f|_{C_k\cap R_{1+\varepsilon}}\) extends to a meromorphic function \(f_k\) on \(C_k\) and the number of poles of \(f_k\) (counted with multiplicities) is uniformly bounded. Then there exists an analytic family of holomorphic graphs \((C_\alpha)_{\alpha\in\mathcal A}\) parametrized by an infinite dimensional Banach ball such that: (i) for every \(\alpha\in\mathcal A\), the function \(f|_{C_\alpha\cap R_{1+\varepsilon}}\) extends to a meromorphic function \(f_\alpha\) on \(C_\alpha\) and the number of poles of \(f_\alpha\) (counted with multiplicities) is uniformly bounded, (ii) \(f\) extends meromorphically to the domain \(\text{int}\bigcup_{\alpha\in\mathcal A}C_\alpha\). In particular, if moreover, for every point \(\lambda_0\in\Delta\) there exists a subsequence \((\varPhi_{k_p})_{p=1}^\infty\) such that the zeros of \(\varPhi_{k_p}-\varPhi_0\) do not accumulate to \(\lambda_0\), then \(f\) extends meromorphically to \(\Delta_{1+\varepsilon}\times\Delta\). The classical \textit{E. E. Levi}'s result [Annali di Mat. (3) 17, 61--87 (1910; JFM 41.0487.01)] is the case where \(C_k=\Delta_{1+\varepsilon}\times\{z_k\}\) with \(z_k\to 0\). The case of non-horizontal straight discs was proved by \textit{T.-C. Dinh} [Ann. Inst. Fourier 48, No. 5, 1483--1512 (1998; Zbl 0916.32011)].











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