On the Levi-flat Plateau problem

Abstract

We solve the Levi-flat Plateau problem in the following case. Let $M\subset {\mathbb{C}}^{n+1}$, $n\ge 2$, be a connected compact real-analytic codimension-two submanifold with only nondegenerate CR singularities. Suppose $M$ is a diffeomorphic image via a real-analytic CR map of a real-analytic hypersurface in ${\mathbb{C}}^n\times \mathbb{R}$ with only nondegenerate CR singularities. Then there exists a unique compact real-analytic Levi-flat hypersurface, nonsingular except possibly for self-intersections, with boundary $M$. We also study boundary regularity of CR automorphisms of domains in ${\mathbb{C}}^n\times \mathbb{R}$.

21 pages, 3 figures