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The complex Frobenius theorem for rough involutive structures
Author(s):
C.
Denson
Hill;
Michael
Taylor
Journal:
Trans. Amer. Math. Soc.
359
(2007),
293-322.
MSC (2000):
Primary 35N10
Posted:
August 16, 2006
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Abstract:
We establish a version of the complex Frobenius theorem in the context of a complex subbundle of the complexified tangent bundle of a manifold having minimal regularity. If the subbundle defines the structure of a Levi-flat CR-manifold, it suffices that be Lipschitz for our results to apply. A principal tool in the analysis is a precise version of the Newlander-Nirenberg theorem with parameters, for integrable almost complex structures with minimal regularity, which builds on recent work of the authors.
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Additional Information:
C.
Denson
Hill
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794
Email:
dhill@math.sunysb.edu
Michael
Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
Email:
met@math.unc.edu
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9947-06-04067-0
PII:
S 0002-9947(06)04067-0
Received by editor(s):
November 4, 2004
Posted:
August 16, 2006
Additional Notes:
The second author was partially supported by NSF grant DMS-0139726
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