Lp-curvature and the Cauchy-Riemann equation near an isolated singular point

Abstract

Let X be a complex n-dimensional reduced analytic space with isolated singular point x0, and with a strongly plurisubharmonic function ρ : X → [0, ∞) such that ρ(x0) = 0. A smooth Kähler form on X \ {x0} is then defined by i∂∂ρ. The associated metric is assumed to have -curvature, to admit the Sobolev inequality and to have suitable volume growth near x0. Let E → X \ {x0} be a Hermitian-holomorphic vector bundle, and ξ a smooth (0, 1)-form with coefficients in E. The main result of this article states that if ξ and the curvature of E are both then the equation has a smooth solution on a punctured neighbourhood of x0. Applications of this theorem to problems of holomorphic extension, and in particular a result of Kohn-Rossi type for sections over a CR-hypersurface, are discussed in the final section.