Mathematics – Complex Variables
Scientific paper
2005-04-14
J. Funct. Anal. 236 (2006), 351-368
Mathematics
Complex Variables
17 pages; final version; restated Thm.1.2 using slightly clearer notation, corrected minor typos
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.jfa.2006.02.001
We begin with the following question: given a closed disc $\bar{D}$ in the complex plane and a complex-valued function F in $C(\bar{D})$, is the uniform algebra on $\bar{D}$ generated by z and F equal to $C(\bar{D})$ ? When F is in $C^1(\bar{D})$, this question is complicated by the presence of points in the surface S:=graph(F) that have complex tangents. Such points are called CR singularities. Let $p\in S$ be a CR singularity at which the order of contact of the tangent plane with S is greater than 2; i.e. a degenerate CR singularity. We provide sufficient conditions for S to be locally polynomially convex at the degenerate singularity p. This is useful because it is essential to know whether S is locally polynomially convex at a CR singularity in order to answer the initial question. To this end, we also present a general theorem on the uniform algebra generated by z and F, which we use in our investigations. This result may be of independent interest because it is applicable even to non-smooth, complex-valued F.
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