The complex Sobolev Space and H\"older continuous solutions to Monge-Amp\`ere equations

Abstract

Let $X$ be a compact K\"ahler manifold of dimension $n$ and $\omega$ a K\"ahler form on $X$. We consider the complex Monge-Amp\`ere equation $(dd^c u+\omega)^n=\mu$, where $\mu$ is a given positive measure on $X$ of suitable mass and $u$ is an $\omega$-plurisubharmonic function. We show that the equation admits a H\"older continuous solution {\it if and only if} the measure $\mu$, seen as a functional on a complex Sobolev space $W^*(X)$, is H\"older continuous. A similar result is also obtained for the complex Monge-Amp\`ere equations on domains of $\mathbb{C}^n$.