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Oka tubes in holomorphic line bundles

Complex Variables 2025-04-10 v4

Abstract

Let (E,h)(E,h) be a semipositive hermitian holomorphic line bundle on a compact complex manifold XX with dimX>1\dim X>1. Assume that for each point xXx\in X there exists a divisor DED\in |E| in the complete linear system determined by EE whose complement XDX\setminus D is a Stein neighbourhood of xx with the density property. Then, the disc bundle Δh(E)={eE:eh<1}\Delta_h(E)=\{e\in E:|e|_h<1\} is an Oka manifold while Dh(E)={eE:eh>1}D_h(E)=\{e\in E:|e|_h>1\} is a Kobayashi hyperbolic domain. In particular, the zero section of EE admits a basis of Oka neighbourhoods {eh<c}\{|e|_h<c\} with c>0c>0. We show that this holds if XX is a rational homogeneous manifold of dimension >1>1. This class of manifolds includes complex projective spaces, Grassmannians, and flag manifolds. This phenomenon contributes to the heuristic principle that Oka properties are related to metric positivity of complex manifolds.

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@article{arxiv.2310.14871,
  title  = {Oka tubes in holomorphic line bundles},
  author = {Franc Forstneric and Yuta Kusakabe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.14871},
  year   = {2025}
}

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This version agrees with the open access published version in Math. Ann

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