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Holomorphic extension from the unit sphere in

2009

Abstract

Let a ∈ C n. Denote L a the bunch of complex lines containing a. It is easy to construct a real-analytic, and even polynomial, function f on the unit complex sphere ∂B n in C n such that f is the boundary value of no holomorphic function in the ball B n , but nevertheless, for any complex line L ∈ L a the restriction f | L∩∂B n continuously extends in L ∩ B n as a function, holomorphic in L ∩ B n. We prove that, however, two bunches of complex lines are sufficient for testing global holomorphic extendibility of real-analytic functions: if a and b are two distinct points in the closed unit ball and f ∈ C ω (∂B n) admits the one-dimensional holomorphic extension in any complex line L ∈ L a ∪ L b then f is the boundary value of a holomorphic function in the unit ball B n .