The wedge-of-the-edge theorem: edge-of-the-wedge type phenomenon within the common real boundary

Abstract

The edge-of-the-wedge theorem in several complex variables gives the analytic continuation of functions defined on the poly upper half plane and the poly lower half plane, the set of points in ${\mathbb{C}}^d$ with all coordinates in the upper and lower half planes respectively, through a set in real space, ${\mathbb{R}}^d.$ The geometry of the set in the real space can force the function to analytically continue within the boundary itself, which is qualified in our wedge-of-the-edge theorem. For example, if a function extends to the union of two cubes in ${\mathbb{R}}^d$ which are positively oriented, with some small overlap, the functions must analytically continue to a neighborhood of that overlap of a fixed size not depending of the size of the overlap.

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