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Gromov, in his seminal 1989 paper on the Oka principle, proved that every continuous map from a Stein manifold into an elliptic manifold is homotopic to a holomorphic map. Previously we have shown that, given a continuous map $X \to…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2012-10-26 Finnur Larusson , Tyson Ritter

Oka theory has its roots in the classical Oka principle in complex analysis. It has emerged as a subfield of complex geometry in its own right since the appearance of a seminal paper of M. Gromov in 1989. Following a brief review of Stein…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2011-02-07 Franc Forstneric , Finnur Larusson

In this paper we survey results on the existence of holomorphic embeddings and immersions of Stein manifolds into complex manifolds. Most results pertain to proper maps into Stein manifolds. We include a new result saying that every…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2018-10-03 Franc Forstneric

Let \(\overline \Omega\) be a compact strongly pseudoconvex domain with smooth boundary in a Stein manifold, and let \(h:Z\to \overline \Omega\) be a fibre bundle of H\"older-Zygmund class \(\Lambda^r\), \(r>0\), which is holomorphic over…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Franc Forstneric

Given a holomorphic submersion of reduced complex spaces, we prove that the basic Oka property of the submersion implies the parametric Oka property. This generalizes the corresponding result for complex manifolds (F. Forstneric, Oka…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2011-01-18 Franc Forstneric

Over the past decade, the class of Oka manifolds has emerged from Gromov's seminal work on the Oka principle. Roughly speaking, Oka manifolds are complex manifolds that are the target of "many" holomorphic maps from affine spaces. They are…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2015-10-08 Finnur Larusson

This paper presents a proof of the generalized Oka-Grauert principle for 1-convex manifolds: Every continuous mapping from a 1-convex manifold X to a complex manifold Y which is already holomorphic on a neighborhood of the exceptional set…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2011-11-22 Jasna Prezelj , Marko Slapar

We obtain results on approximation of holomorphic maps by algebraic maps, jet transversality theorems for holomorphic and algebraic maps, and the homotopy principle for holomorphic submersions of Stein manifolds to certain algebraic…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Franc Forstneric

A complex manifold Y satisfies the Convex Approximation Property (CAP) if every holomorphic map from a neighborhood of a compact convex set K in a complex Euclidean space C^n to Y can be approximated, uniformly on K, by entire maps from C^n…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2011-09-02 Franc Forstneric

In this paper we begin a systematic study of the class of complex manifolds which are universal targets of holomorphic maps from open Riemann surfaces. We call them Oka-1 manifolds, by analogy with Oka manifolds that are universal targets…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2026-02-16 Antonio Alarcon , Franc Forstneric

In this paper we survey recent developments in the classical theory of minimal surfaces in Euclidean spaces which have been obtained as applications of both classical and modern complex analytic methods; in particular, Oka theory, period…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-10-15 Antonio Alarcon , Franc Forstneric

Let $X$ be a connected Oka manifold, and let $S$ be a Stein manifold with $\mathrm{dim} S \geq \mathrm{dim} X$. We show that every continuous map $S\to X$ is homotopic to a surjective strongly dominating holomorphic map $S\to X$. We also…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2018-01-16 Franc Forstneric

In this book we prove unified classification results for equivariant principal bundles when the topological structure group is truncated. The conceptually transparent proof invokes a smooth Oka principle, which becomes available after…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2022-08-17 Hisham Sati , Urs Schreiber

In the last decades affine algebraic varieties and Stein manifolds with big (infinite-dimensional) automorphism groups have been intensively studied. Several notions expressing that the automorphisms group is big have been proposed. All of…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2013-10-10 Frank Kutzschebauch

We generalize our elliptic characterization of Oka manifolds to Oka maps. The generalized characterization can be considered as an affirmative answer to the relative version of Gromov's conjecture. As an application, we unify previously…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2022-12-13 Yuta Kusakabe

Let $X$ be a smooth open manifold of even dimension, $T$ be a topological space, and $\mathscr{J}=\{J_t\}_{t\in T}$ be a continuous family of smooth integrable Stein structures on $X$. Under suitable additional assumptions on $T$ and…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2025-10-31 Franc Forstneric , Alfheidur Edda Sigurdardottir

The envelope of holomorphy of an arbitrary domain in a two-dimensional Stein manifold is identified with a connected component of the set of equivalence classes of analytic discs immersed into the Stein manifold with boundary in the domain.…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2010-06-02 Burglind Joricke

This article considers the attenuated transport equation on Riemannian surfaces in the light of a novel twistor correspondence under which matrix attenuations correspond to holomorphic vector bundles on a complex surface. The main result is…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-04-18 Jan Bohr , Gabriel P. Paternain

Our main theorem states that the complement of a compact holomorphically convex set in a Stein manifold with the density property is an Oka manifold. This gives a positive answer to the well-known long-standing problem in Oka theory whether…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2023-10-24 Yuta Kusakabe

We investigate the formal principle for holomorphic line bundles on neighborhoods of an analytic subset of a complex manifold mainly in the case where it can be realized as an open subset of a compact K\"ahler manifold. Our approach…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2026-01-26 Takayuki Koike