Grauert's theorem for subanalytic open sets in real analytic manifolds

Abstract

By open neighbourhood of an open subset $\Omega$ of $\mathbb{R}^n$ we mean an open subset $\Omega'$ of $\mathbb{C}^n$ such that $\mathbb{R}^n\cap\Omega'=\Omega.$ A well known result of H. Grauert implies that any open subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$ admits a fundamental system of Stein open neighbourhoods in $\mathbb{C}^n$. Another way to state this property is to say that each open subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$ is Stein. We shall prove a similar result in the subanalytic category, so, under the assumption that $\Omega$ is a subanalytic relatively compact open subset in a real analytic manifold, we show that $\Omega$ admits a fundamental system of subanalytic Stein open neighbourhoods in any of its complexifications.