Holomorphic convexity of pseudoconvex spaces in terms of the rank of structural sheaf

Abstract

Abstract We prove that a pseudoconvex complex space X of pure dimension n + 1 {n+1} is holomorphically convex provided that its singular set has only compact connected components (e.g., X has isolated singularities) and rank x ⁡ 𝒪 X = n {\operatorname{rank}_{x}\mathscr{O}_{X}=n} for all smooth points x outside a compact set of X. This extends a known result due to Ohsawa asserting that a weakly 1-complete, smooth complex surface is holomorphically convex if it admits a globally defined non-constant holomorphic function. We also revise an example of Markoe concerning non-invariance of holomorphic convexity under normalization.