A Characterization of Rationally Convex Immersions

Abstract

Let $S$ be a smooth, totally real, compact immersion in $\mathbb{C}^n$ of real dimension $m \leq n$, which is locally polynomially convex and it has finitely many points where it self-intersects finitely many times, transversely or non-transversely. We prove that $S$ is rationally convex if and only if it is isotropic with respect to a "degenerate" K\"ahler form in $\mathbb{C}^n$.