Optimal regularity for \(\overline\partial_b\) on CR manifolds (Q1589329)

The following result is proved: Let \(M\) be a \(q\)-concave CR generic submanifold of codimension \(k\) and of class \(\mathcal C^{3+l}\) in \(\mathbb C^n\) and \(z_0\) a point in \(M.\) Then there exist an open neighborhood \(M_0\subset M\) of \(z_0\) and kernels \(\mathcal R_r(\zeta, z),\) or \(r=0,\dots , q-1, n-k-q, \dots , n-k,\) with the following properties: (i) for every domain \(\Omega \subset \subset M_0\) with piecewise \(\mathcal C^1\) boundary and every \(\mathcal C^1\) \ \((0,r)\)-form \(f\) on \(\overline \Omega \) (\(0\leq r \leq q-1\) or \(n-k-q+1\leq r \leq n-k\)), we have \[ f=\overline \partial_b \int_{\Omega } f\wedge \mathcal R_{r-1} - \int_{\Omega } \overline \partial_b f\wedge \mathcal R_r + \int_{b\Omega} f\wedge \mathcal R_r \] on \(\Omega ;\) (ii) for every open set \(\Omega \subset \subset M_0\) the integral operator \(\int_{\Omega } \cdot \wedge \mathcal R_r\) is a bounded linear operator from \(\mathcal C^l_{0,r+1}(\Omega)\cap L^{\infty}(\Omega)\) to \(\mathcal C^{l+1/2}_{0,r}(\Omega)\) for \(r\geq n-k-q.\) These results essentially improve results of Airapetjan and Henkin.