A vanishing result for strictly p-convex domains

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Publication date 11 September 2014

Published in Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata. Serie Quarta (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.2564

\(p\)-convexity in the sense of Harvey and Lawson \(p\)-plurisubharmonic functions \(q\)-completeness de Rham cohomology vanishing theorems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convexity of real functions of several variables, generalizations (26B25) (q)-convexity, (q)-concavity (32F10) Other notions of convexity in relation to several complex variables (32F17) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) de Rham theory in global analysis (58A12)

Abstract: In view of A. Andreotti and H. Grauert's vanishing theorem for q-complete domains in C^n, (Th'eor`eme de finitude pour la cohomologie des espaces complexes, Bull. Soc. Math. France 90 (1962), 193--259,) we re-prove a vanishing result by J.-P. Sha, (p-convex Riemannian manifolds, Invent. Math. 83 (1986), no. 3, 437--447,) and H. Wu, (Manifolds of partially positive curvature, Indiana Univ. Math. J. 36 (1987), no. 3, 525--548,) for the de Rham cohomology of strictly p-convex domains in R^n in the sense of F. R. Harvey and H. B. Lawson, (The foundations of p-convexity and p-plurisubharmonicity in riemannian geometry, arXiv:1111.3895v1 [math.DG]). Our proof uses the L^2-techniques developed by L. H"ormander, (An introduction to complex analysis in several variables, Third edition, North-Holland Mathematical Library, 7, North-Holland Publishing Co., Amsterdam, 1990,) and A. Andreotti and E. Vesentini, (Carleman estimates for the Laplace-Beltrami equation on complex manifolds, Inst. Hautes 'Etudes Sci. Publ. Math. 25 (1965), 81--130).

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Let \(X\) be a domain in \(\mathbb{R}^n\) which is strictly \(p\)-convex in the sense of \textit{F. R. Harvey} and \textit{H. B. Lawson } [Indiana Univ. Math. J. 62, No. 1, 149--169 (2013; Zbl 1288.32046)]. The authors show that the \(k^{\text{th}}\) de Rham cohomology groups of \(X\) vanish for any \(k\geq p\). This result was proved previously by \textit{J. Sha} [Invent. Math. 83, 437--447 (1986; Zbl 0563.53032)] and by \textit{H. Wu} [Indiana Univ. Math. J. 36, 525--548 (1987; Zbl 0639.53050)] who used Morse theory. The present proof is quite different in flavor and uses \(L^2\) techniques motivated by work of \textit{A. Andreotti} and \textit{E. Vesentini} [Publ. Math., Inst. Hautes Étud. Sci. 25, 313--362 (1965; Zbl 0138.06604)]. Section 0 provides an introduction to the matter at hand and Section 1 introduces the main definitions and recalls work of \textit{A. Andreotti} and \textit{H. Grauert} [Bull. Soc. Math. Fr. 90, 193--259 (1962; Zbl 0106.05501)]. Some basic estimates are established in \S2 and the proof of the desired vanishing result then given in Section 3.

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