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Abstract for MSRI Preprint 2003-005

Estimates for the $\bar\partial$-Neumann problem and nonexistence of Levi-flat hypersurfaces in ${\mathbb C}P^n$

Jianguo Cao, Mei-Chi Shaw and Lihe Wang

Let $\Omega$ be a pseudoconvex domain with $C^2$-smooth boundary in ${\mathbb C}P^n$. We prove that the $\bar\partial$-Neumann operator $N$ exists for $(p,q)$-forms on $\Omega$. Furthermore, there exists a $t_0 \gt 0$ such that the operators $N$, $\bar\partial^*N$, $\bar\partial N$ and the Bergman projection are regular in the Sobolev space $W^t (\bar{\Omega}) $ for $t \lt t_0$.

The boundary estimates above have applications in complex geometry. We use the estimates to prove the nonexistence of $C^{2, \alpha}$ real Levi-flat hypersurfaces in $\mathbb CP^n$. We also show that there exist no non-zero $L^2$-holomorphic $(p, 0)$-forms on any pseudoconcave domain in ${\mathbb C}P^n$ with $p \gt 0$.