## Illinois Journal of Mathematics

### Several complex variables and CR geometry

John P. D’Angelo

#### Abstract

This paper discusses developments in complex analysis and CR geometry in the last forty years related to the Cauchy–Riemann equations, proper holomorphic mappings between balls, and positivity conditions in complex analysis. The paper includes anecdotes about some of the contributors to these developments.

#### Article information

Source
Illinois J. Math., Volume 56, Number 1 (2012), 7-19.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 27 September 2013

Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ijm/1380287456

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/ijm/1380287456

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3117014

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1273.32001

#### Citation

D’Angelo, John P. Several complex variables and CR geometry. Illinois J. Math. 56 (2012), no. 1, 7--19. doi:10.1215/ijm/1380287456. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ijm/1380287456

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