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Main Authors: Herrmann, Hendrik, Hsiao, Chin-Yu, Lamel, Bernhard
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14033
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author Herrmann, Hendrik
Hsiao, Chin-Yu
Lamel, Bernhard
author_facet Herrmann, Hendrik
Hsiao, Chin-Yu
Lamel, Bernhard
contents Let $(X,T^{1,0}X)$ be a compact strictly pseudoconvex CR manifold which is CR embeddable into the complex Euclidean space. We show that $T^{1,0}X$ can be approximated in $\mathscr{C}^\infty$-topology by a sequence of strictly pseudoconvex CR structures $\{\mathcal{V}^k\}_{k\in \mathbb N}$ such that each $(X,\mathcal{V}^k)$ is CR embeddable into the unit sphere of a complex Euclidean space. Furthermore, as a refinement of this statement, we show that given a one form $α$ on $X$ such that $(X,T^{1,0}X,α)$ is a pseudohermitian manifold we can approximate $(T^{1,0}X,α)$ in $\mathscr{C}^\infty$-topology by a sequence of pseudohermitian structures $\{(\mathcal{V}^k,α^k)\}_{k\in \mathbb N}$ on $X$ such that for each $k\in \mathbb N$ we have that $(X,\mathcal{V}^k,α^k)$ is isomorphic to a real analytic pseudohermitian submanifold of a sphere. A similar result for the Sasakian case was obtained earlier by Loi-Placini. Let $(X,T^{1,0}X,\mathcal{T})$ be a compact Sasakian manifold, i.e. $\mathcal{T}$ is a transversal CR vector field and the one form $α$ defined by $α(\mathcal{T})=1$ and $α(\operatorname{Re}T^{1,0}X)=0$ defines a pseudohermitian structure on $(X,T^{1,0}X)$. Loi-Placini showed that $(T^{1,0}X,\mathcal{T})$ can be smoothly approximated by a sequence of quasi-regular Sasakian structures $\{(\mathcal{V}^k,\mathcal{T}^k)\}_{k\in \mathbb N}$ on $X$ such that each $(X,\mathcal{V}^k,\mathcal{T}^k)$ admits a smooth equivariant CR embedding into a Sasakian sphere. Applying our methods to the Sasakian case we show that it is possible to approximate with a sequence of Sasakian structures having the form $\{(\mathcal{V}^k,\mathcal{T})\}_{k\in \mathbb N}$, i.e. we can keep the vector field $\mathcal{T}$. Further applications concerning Sasakian deformations, the embedding of domains into balls and local approximation results are provided.
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spellingShingle Approximation of pseudohermitian structures via embeddings into spheres
Herrmann, Hendrik
Hsiao, Chin-Yu
Lamel, Bernhard
Complex Variables
32Vxx (Primary) 32A25 (Secondary)
Let $(X,T^{1,0}X)$ be a compact strictly pseudoconvex CR manifold which is CR embeddable into the complex Euclidean space. We show that $T^{1,0}X$ can be approximated in $\mathscr{C}^\infty$-topology by a sequence of strictly pseudoconvex CR structures $\{\mathcal{V}^k\}_{k\in \mathbb N}$ such that each $(X,\mathcal{V}^k)$ is CR embeddable into the unit sphere of a complex Euclidean space. Furthermore, as a refinement of this statement, we show that given a one form $α$ on $X$ such that $(X,T^{1,0}X,α)$ is a pseudohermitian manifold we can approximate $(T^{1,0}X,α)$ in $\mathscr{C}^\infty$-topology by a sequence of pseudohermitian structures $\{(\mathcal{V}^k,α^k)\}_{k\in \mathbb N}$ on $X$ such that for each $k\in \mathbb N$ we have that $(X,\mathcal{V}^k,α^k)$ is isomorphic to a real analytic pseudohermitian submanifold of a sphere. A similar result for the Sasakian case was obtained earlier by Loi-Placini. Let $(X,T^{1,0}X,\mathcal{T})$ be a compact Sasakian manifold, i.e. $\mathcal{T}$ is a transversal CR vector field and the one form $α$ defined by $α(\mathcal{T})=1$ and $α(\operatorname{Re}T^{1,0}X)=0$ defines a pseudohermitian structure on $(X,T^{1,0}X)$. Loi-Placini showed that $(T^{1,0}X,\mathcal{T})$ can be smoothly approximated by a sequence of quasi-regular Sasakian structures $\{(\mathcal{V}^k,\mathcal{T}^k)\}_{k\in \mathbb N}$ on $X$ such that each $(X,\mathcal{V}^k,\mathcal{T}^k)$ admits a smooth equivariant CR embedding into a Sasakian sphere. Applying our methods to the Sasakian case we show that it is possible to approximate with a sequence of Sasakian structures having the form $\{(\mathcal{V}^k,\mathcal{T})\}_{k\in \mathbb N}$, i.e. we can keep the vector field $\mathcal{T}$. Further applications concerning Sasakian deformations, the embedding of domains into balls and local approximation results are provided.
title Approximation of pseudohermitian structures via embeddings into spheres
topic Complex Variables
32Vxx (Primary) 32A25 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14033