Estimates for the $\bar{\partial}$-equation on canonical surfaces

Abstract

We study the solvability in $L^p$ of the $\bar\partial$-equation in a neighborhood of a canonical singularity on a complex surface, a so-called du Val singularity. We get a quite complete picture in case $p=2$ for two natural closed extensions $\bar\partial_s$ and $\bar\partial_w$ of $\bar\partial$. For $\bar\partial_s$ we have solvability, whereas for $\bar\partial_w$ there is solvability if and only if a certain boundary condition $(*)$ is fulfilled at the singularity. Our main tool is certain integral operators for solving $\bar\partial$ introduced by the first and fourth author, and we study mapping properties of these operators at the singularity.