Stein compacts in Levi-flat hypersurfaces

We explore connections between geometric properties of the Levi foliation of a Levi-flat hypersurface and holomorphic convexity of compact sets in , or bounded in part by . Applications include extendability of Cauchy-Riemann functions, solvability of the -equation, approximation of Cauchy-Riemann and holomorphic functions, and global regularity of the -Neumann operator.