On noncompactness of the $\overline\partial$-Neumann problem on pseudoconvex domains in $\mathbb{C}^3$

Abstract

In this paper we deal with the following question: is it true that any bounded smooth pseudoconvex domain in $\mathbb{C}^n$ whose boundary contains a $q$-dimensional complex manifold $M$ necessarily has a noncompact $\overline\partial$-Neumann operator $N_q$ ($1\leq q\leq n-1$)? We prove that a smooth bounded pseudoconvex domain $\Omega\subseteq\mathbb{C}^3$ with a one-dimensional complex manifold $M$ in its boundary has a noncompact Neumann operator on $(0,1)$-forms, under the additional assumption that $b\Omega$ has finite regular D'Angelo $2$-type at a point of $M$, improving previous results of Fu, \c{S}ahuto\u{g}lu, and Straube.