Quantitative estimates for global regularity

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\textit{E. J. Straube} and the reviewer proved [Math. Z. 206, No. 1, 81-88 (1991; Zbl 0696.32008)] that if \(\Omega\) is a bounded, smooth, pseudoconvex domain in \(\mathbf{C}^n\) admitting a defining function that is plurisubharmonic on the boundary, then the Bergman projection operator (the orthogonal projection from the space \(L^2(\Omega)\) onto the holomorphic functions) maps the Sobolev space \(H^s(\Omega)\) continuously into itself for every positive real number~\(s\). The author's goal is to provide a suitable generalization that applies to arbitrary bounded, smooth, pseudoconvex domains, taking account of results of \textit{D. E. Barrett} [Ann. Math., II. Ser. 119, 431-436 (1984; Zbl 0566.32016)] and \textit{M. Christ} [J. Am. Math. Soc. 9, No. 4, 1171-1185 (1996)] showing that in general, global regularity fails for some positive~\(s\). The main parameter that enters into the theorem is the exponent of a Diederich-Fornæss defining function: every bounded, smooth, pseudoconvex domain admits a defining function~\(\rho\) such that for some positive~\(\delta\), the function \(-(-\rho)^\delta\) is plurisubharmonic [\textit{K. Diederich} and \textit{J. E. Fornaess}, Invent. Math. 39, 129-141 (1977; Zbl 0353.32025)]. A second quantity enters for technical reasons: namely, if \(r\)~is a defining function whose gradient is normalized to length~\(1\) on the boundary~\(b\Omega\), then a function~\(g\) is determined by the equation \(\rho=gr\). The main result states that there exist constants \(\eta\) and \(A\), independent of \(g\) and \(\delta\), such that the Bergman projection maps the Sobolev space \(H^s(\Omega)\) continuously into itself whenever either \(0\leq s\leq\eta\), or \(s>\eta\) and \((1-\delta)A^s \max_{j,b\Omega} (1+g^{-1} |g_{z_j}|)^3\leq 1\). The proof is based on the construction of pseudodifferential operators that measure smoothness microlocally in the bad direction and the use of weights \(|r|^\sigma\) to get precise Sobolev estimates. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0919.00051].




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