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On nonimbeddability of topologically trivial domains and Thin Hartogs figures of $P_2(\mathbb{C})$ into Stein spaces

Complex Variables 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

A question of Poletsky was to know if there exists a thin Hartogs figure such that any of its neighborhoods cannot be imbedded in Stein spaces. In \cite{chirka}, Chirka and Ivashkovitch gave such an example arising in an open complex manifold. In this paper, we answer to the question of the existence of such a figure in compact surfaces by giving an example arising in P2(C)P_2(\mathbb{C}). By smoothing it, we obtain a smooth (non analytic) disc with boundary DˉP2(C)\bar{D} \subset P_2(\mathbb{C}) having the same property. Consequently, this disc intersects all algebraic curves of P2(C)P_2(\mathbb{C}). Moreover, as Dˉ\bar D is topologically trivial, it has a neighborhood diffeomorphic to the unit ball of C2\mathbb{C}^2. This gives a negative answer to the following question of S. Ivashkovitch: Is the property for a domain BB of P2(C)P_2(\mathbb{C}) to be diffeormorphic to the unit ball of C2\mathbb{C}^2 a sufficient condition for the existence of non-constant holomorphic functions on it?

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@article{arxiv.math/0411083,
  title  = {On nonimbeddability of topologically trivial domains and Thin Hartogs figures of $P_2(\mathbb{C})$ into Stein spaces},
  author = {Sarkis Frederic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0411083},
  year   = {2007}
}

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