Extremal discs and the geometry of CR manifolds

Publication date 14 March 2005

analytic disc extremal disc stationary disc

Pseudoconvex domains (32T99) CR manifolds (32V99)

Let \(\Omega\subset\mathbb{C}^N\) be a strictly convex domain and \(D= \{z\in\mathbb{C}: |z|< 1\}\) the unit disc. An analytic disc in \(\Omega\) is a holomorphic map \(f: D\to\Omega\) and \(f: D\to\Omega\) is extremal if \(|f'(0)|> |g'(0)|\) for any analytic disc \(g: D\to\Omega\) such that \(g(0)= f(0)\) and \(g'(0)= \sigma f'(0)\) for some \(\sigma> 0\). By a result of \textit{L. Lempert} [Bull. Soc. Math. Fr. 109, 427--474 (1981; Zbl 0492.32025)] extremal discs \(f: D\to\Omega\) in strictly convex domains are smooth up to the boundary \(\partial D\) and \(f(\partial D)\subset\partial\Omega\). This is similar to the situation in one complex variable \((N = 1)\) where \(\Omega\subset\mathbb{C}\) should only be a simply connected domain with smooth boundary: then (by the Riemann mapping theorem) an extremal disc \(f: D\to\Omega\) is but a conformal map extending smoothly to \(\partial D\) such that \(f(\partial D)= \Omega\). The paper under review describes the way some of the results by \textit{L. Lempert} (cf. op. cit.) extend to the case where \(\partial\Omega\) is replaced by a generic submanifold of \(\mathbb{C}^N\) of higher codimension. The proofs are but sketchy and the right paper to read is actually [\textit{A. Tumanov}, Am. J. Math. 123, No. 3, 445--473 (2001; Zbl 0995.32024)]. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1052.32002].

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