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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0742.00067.]We are interested in partial differential equations on domains in ${𝒞}^n$. One of the most natural questions is that of analytic continuation of solutions and domains of holomorphy. Our aim is to describe the domains of holomorphy for solutions of the complex Laplace and Dirac equations. We call them cells of harmonicity. We deduce their properties mostly by examining geometrical properties of the characteristic surface (which is the same for both equations),...

Let $\Omega \subset {ℂ}^n$ be a domain with smooth boundary and $p\in \partial \Omega$. A holomorphic function $f$ on $\Omega$ is called a $C^k$ ($k=0,1,2,\cdots$) peak function at $p$ if $f\in C^k\left(\overline{\Omega }\right)$, $f\left(p\right)=1$, and $\left|f\right(q\left)\right|<1$ for all $q\in \overline{\Omega }\setminus \left\{p\right\}$. If $\Omega$ is strongly pseudoconvex, then $C^{\infty }$ peak functions exist. On the other hand, J. E. Fornaess constructed an example in ${ℂ}^2$ to show that this result fails, even for $C^1$ functions, on a weakly pseudoconvex domain [Math. Ann. 227, 173-175 (1977; Zbl 0346.32026)]. Subsequently, E. Bedford and J. E. Fornaess showed that there is always a continuous peak function on a...

Analytic continuation and domains of holomorphy for solution to the complex Laplace and Dirac equations in ${𝐂}^n$ are studied. First, geometric description of envelopes of holomorphy over domains in ${𝐄}^n$ is given. In more general case, solutions can be continued by integral formulas using values on a real $n-1$ dimensional cycle in ${𝐂}^n$. Sufficient conditions for this being possible are formulated.

This article is dedicated to the centenary of the local CR equivalence problem, formulated by Henri Poincaré in 1907. The first part gives an account of Poincaré’s heuristic counting arguments, suggesting existence of infinitely many local CR invariants. Then we sketch the beautiful completion of Poincaré’s approach to the problem in the work of Chern and Moser on Levi nondegenerate hypersurfaces. The last part is an overview of recent progress in solving the problem on Levi degenerate manifolds....

This paper studies local geometry of hypersurfaces of finite multitype. Catlin’s definition of multitype is applied to a general smooth hypersurface in ${ℂ}^{n+1}$. We prove biholomorphic equivalence of models in dimension three and describe all biholomorphisms between such models. A finite constructive algorithm for computing multitype is described. Analogous results for decoupled hypersurfaces are given.

We study the Chern-Moser operator for hypersurfaces of finite type in ${ℂ}^2$. Analysing its kernel, we derive explicit results on jet determination for the stability group, and give a description of infinitesimal CR automorphisms of such manifolds.

In this paper we study infinitesimal CR automorphisms of Levi degenerate hypersurfaces. We illustrate the recent general results of [18], [17], [15], on a class of concrete examples, polynomial models in ${ℂ}^3$ of the form $\Im w=\Re \left(P\left(z\right)\overline{Q\left(z\right)}\right)$, where $P$ and $Q$ are weighted homogeneous holomorphic polynomials in $z=(z_1,z_2)$. We classify such models according to their Lie algebra of infinitesimal CR automorphisms. We also give the first example of a non monomial model which admits a nonlinear rigid automorphism.