L 2 existence theorems for the\bar \partial _b - Neumann problem on strongly pseudoconvex CR manifoldsproblem on strongly pseudoconvex CR manifolds

LetM be the boundary of a strongly pseudoconvex domain in \(\mathbb{C}^n \) ,n≥4 and ω be an open subset inM such that ?ω is the intersection ofM with a flat hypersurface. We establish theL ² existence theorems of the \(\bar \partial _b - Neumann\) problem on ω. In particular, we prove that the \(\bar \partial _b - Laplacian\) \(\square _b = \bar \partial _b \bar \partial _b^* + \bar \partial _b^* \bar \partial _b \) equipped with a pair of natural boundary conditions, the so-called \(\bar \partial _b - Neumann\) boundary conditions, has closed range when it acts on (0,q) forms, 1≤q≤n?3. Thus there exists a bounded inverse operator for \(\square _b \) , the \(\bar \partial _b - Neumann\) operatorN _b, and we have the following Hodge decomposition theorem on ω for \(\bar \partial _b \bar \partial _b^* N_b \alpha + \bar \partial _b^* \bar \partial _b N_b \alpha \) , for any (0,q) form α withL ²(ω) coefficients. The proof depends on theL ^p regularity of the tangential Cauchy-Riemann operators \(\bar \partial _b u = \alpha \) on ω?M under the compatibility condition \(\bar \partial _b \alpha = 0\) , where α is a (p, q) form on ω, where 1≤q≤n?2. The interior regularity ofN _b follows from the fact that \(\square _b \) is subelliptic in the interior of ω. The operatorN _b induces natural questions on the regularity up to the boundary ?ω. Near the characteristic point of the boundary, certain compatibility conditions will be present. In fact, one can show thatN _b is not a compact operator onL ²(ω).