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The modified Calabi-Yau problems for CR-manifolds and applications

Differential Geometry 2008-04-22 v2 Complex Variables

Abstract

In this paper, we derive a partial result related to a question of Yau: "Does a simply-connected complete K\"ahler manifold M with negative sectional curvature admit a bounded non-constant holomorphic function?" Main Theorem. Let M2nM^{2n} be a simply-connected complete K\"ahler manifold M with negative sectional curvature 1 \le -1 and S(M)S_\infty(M) be the sphere at infinity of MM. Then there is an explicit {\it bounded} contact form β\beta defined on the entire manifold M2nM^{2n}. Consequently, the sphere S(M)S_\infty(M) at infinity of M admits a {\it bounded} contact structure and a bounded pseudo-Hermitian metric in the sense of Tanaka-Webster. We also discuss several open modified problems of Calabi and Yau for Alexandrov spaces and CR-manifolds.

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@article{arxiv.0801.3431,
  title  = {The modified Calabi-Yau problems for CR-manifolds and applications},
  author = {JIanguo Cao and Shu-Cheng Chang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.3431},
  year   = {2008}
}

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