## Nagoya Mathematical Journal

### A global estimate for the Diederich–Fornaess index of weakly pseudoconvex domains

#### Abstract

A uniform upper bound for the Diederich–Fornaess index is given for weakly pseudoconvex domains whose Levi form of the boundary vanishes in $\ell$-directions everywhere.

#### Article information

Source
Nagoya Math. J., Volume 220 (2015), 67-80.

Dates
Revised: 3 July 2014
Accepted: 31 October 2014
First available in Project Euclid: 1 December 2015

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.nmj/1448980487

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/00277630-3335655

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3429725

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1334.32013

Subjects
Primary: 32V15: CR manifolds as boundaries of domains
Secondary: 32V40: Real submanifolds in complex manifolds

#### Citation

Adachi, Masanori; Brinkschulte, Judith. A global estimate for the Diederich–Fornaess index of weakly pseudoconvex domains. Nagoya Math. J. 220 (2015), 67--80. doi:10.1215/00277630-3335655. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.nmj/1448980487

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