Approximation of singularity sets with analytic graphs over the ball in C2.
Abstract



Theorem 1. Let B2 be the open unit ball in C2 and let c(B2) be its closure. Suppose f is a smooth complex function given in a neighborhood of c(B2) which satisfies the following property: for every complex line L in C2 there exists a polynomial PL on L such that |PL(z)-f(z)| < r for all z in the intersection of L and c(B2). Suppose in addition that the gradient of f has modulus <1. Then there exists an analytic polynomial F such that |F(z)-f(z)|<13 r½ for all z in c(B2).

We use Theorem 1 to prove

Theorem 2. Let f be a smooth complex function given in a neighborhood of c(B2) whose gradient has modulus <1 and let K be a compact set contained in the tube {(z,w) in (c(B2) × C) | |w-f(z)| < r} such that K is a singularity set. Then there exists an analytic polynomial F in C2 with |F(z)-f(z)| < 26 r½ on the closed ball.