We prove that on smooth bounded pseudoconvex Hartogs domains in C 2 compactness of the ∂-Neumann operator is equivalent to compactness of all Hankel operators with symbols smooth on the closure of the domain.
Keywords Hankel operators · ∂-Neumann problem · Hartogs domains
Mathematics Subject Classification Primary 32W05 · Secondary 47B35Let be a bounded pseudoconvex domain in C n and L 2 (0,q) ( ) denote the space of square integrable (0, q) forms for 0 ≤ q ≤ n. The complex Laplacian = ∂∂ * + ∂ * ∂ is a densely defined, closed, self-adjoint linear operator on L 2 (0,q) ( ). Hörmander in [7] showed that when is bounded and pseudoconvex, has a bounded solution operator N q , called the ∂-Neumann operator, for all q. Kohn in [9] showed that the Bergman projection, denoted by B below, is connected to the ∂-Neumann operator via the following formulawhere I denotes the identity operator. For more information about the ∂-Neumann problem we refer the reader to two books [4,15].