Levi Flat Structures via Structure Sheaves: Differential Complexes, Convexity, and Global Solvability

Abstract

This paper investigates Levi flat structures from the perspective of structure sheaves. We employ formal integrability to construct a class of differential complexes, thereby providing a resolution for the structure sheaf and a global realization of the Treves complex. Drawing inspiration from Morse theory and Grauert's convexity, we introduce notions of convexity and positivity that fully exploits Levi flatness, which ensures the global exactness of the differential complex and demonstrates Sobolev regularity in the compact case. As applications, we establish the global solvability of the Treves complex for Levi flat structures, together with results on singular cohomology and the extension problem for canonical forms in the elliptic case.