This book provides a new, comprehensive, and self-contained account of Oka theory as an introduction to function theory of several complex variables, mainly concerned with the Three Big Problems (Approximation, Cousin, Pseudoconvexity) that were solved by Kiyoshi Oka and form the basics of the theory. The purpose of the volume is to serve as a textbook in lecture courses right after complex function theory of one variable. The presentation aims to be readable and enjoyable both for those who are beginners in mathematics and for researchers interested in complex analysis in several variables and complex geometry. The nature of the present book is evinced by its approach following Oka’s unpublished five papers of 1943 with his guiding methodological principle termed the “Joku-Iko Principle”, where historically the Pseudoconvexity Problem (Hartogs, Levi) was first solved in all dimensions, even for unramified Riemann domains as well. The method that is used in the book is elementary and direct, not relying on the cohomology theory of sheaves nor on the L2-∂-bar method, but yet reaches the core of the theory with the complete proofs. Two proofs for Levi’s Problem are provided: One is Oka’s original with the Fredholm integral equation of the second kind combined with the Joku-Iko Principle, and the other is Grauert’s by the well-known “bumping-method” with L. Schwartz’s Fredholm theorem, of which a self-contained, rather simple and short proof is given. The comparison of them should be interesting even for specialists. In addition to the Three Big Problems, other basic material is dealt with, such as Poincaré’s non-biholomorphism between balls and polydisks, the Cartan–Thullen  theorem on holomorphic convexity, Hartogs’ separate analyticity, Bochner’s tube theorem, analytic interpolation, and others. It is valuable for students and researchers alike to look into the original works of Kiyoshi Oka, which are not easy to find in books or monographs.
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This book provides a new, comprehensive, and self-contained account of Oka theory as an introduction to function theory of several complex variables, mainly concerned with the Three Big Problems (Approximation, Cousin, Pseudoconvexity) that were solved by Kiyoshi Oka and form the basics of the theory.
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1 Holomorphic Functions.- 2 Coherent Sheaves and Oka’s Joku-Iko Principle.- 3 Domains of Holomorphy.- 4 Pseudoconvex Domains I — Problem and Reduction.- 5 Pseudoconvex Domains II — Solution.
This book provides a new, comprehensive, and self-contained account of Oka theory as an introduction to function theory of several complex variables, mainly concerned with the Three Big Problems (Approximation, Cousin, Pseudoconvexity) that were solved by Kiyoshi Oka and form the basics of the theory. The purpose of the volume is to serve as a textbook in lecture courses right after complex function theory of one variable. The presentation aims to be readable and enjoyable both for those who are beginners in mathematics and for researchers interested in complex analysis in several variables and complex geometry. The nature of the present book is evinced by its approach following Oka’s unpublished five papers of 1943 with his guiding methodological principle termed the “Joku-Iko Principle”, where historically the Pseudoconvexity Problem (Hartogs, Levi) was first solved in all dimensions, even for unramified Riemann domains as well. The method that is used in the book is elementary and direct, not relying on the cohomology theory of sheaves nor on the L2-∂-bar method, but yet reaches the core of the theory with the complete proofs. Two proofs for Levi’s Problem are provided: One is Oka’s original with the Fredholm integral equation of the second kind combined with the Joku-Iko Principle, and the other is Grauert’s by the well-known “bumping-method” with L. Schwartz’s Fredholm theorem, of which a self-contained, rather simple and short proof is given. The comparison of them should be interesting even for specialists. In addition to the Three Big Problems, other basic material is dealt with, such as Poincaré’s non-biholomorphism between balls and polydisks, the Cartan–Thullen  theorem on holomorphic convexity, Hartogs’ separate analyticity, Bochner’s tube theorem, analytic interpolation, and others. It is valuable for students and researchers alike to look into the original works of Kiyoshi Oka, which are not easy to find in books or monographs.
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Serves as a textbook in lecture courses of function theory of several complex variables right after one variable Is based on Oka’s first coherence theorem and the Joku-Iko Principle Proves Levi's problem by Oka's original Fredholm integral equation
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ISBN
9789819720552
Publisert
2024-07-20
Utgiver
Vendor
Springer Nature
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
Graduate, U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Heftet

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The author is currently Professor Emeritus at The University of Tokyo and Tokyo Institute of Technology.