Extension conjecture for holomorphic Engel plane fields

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Let MM be a complex manifold and let S⊂MS \subset M be a subset of complex codimension at least two. A holomorphic Engel 22-plane field is a holomorphic 22-plane field satisfying the Engel bracket-generating condition. The Engel extension conjecture. Holomorphic Engel 22-plane fields extend holomorphically across subsets of complex codimension at least two as holomorphic 22-plane fields, and across subsets of complex codimension at least three as holomorphic Engel 22-plane fields. Examples show that the Engel condition need not extend across codimension-two subsets, so the stronger codimension-three threshold is essential to the claim.

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Benjamin McKay, “Extension Phenomena for Holomorphic Geometric Structures”, arXiv:0812.2353 (2009).

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