Let π : Z → X be a holomorphic submersion of a complex manifold Z onto a complex manifold X and D ⋐ X a 1-convex domain with strongly pseudoconvex boundary. We prove that under certain conditions there always exists a spray of π-sections over [Formula: see text] which has prescribed core, it fixes the exceptional set E of D, and is dominating on [Formula: see text]. Each section in this spray is of class [Formula: see text] and holomorphic on D. As a consequence we obtain several approximation results for π-sections. In particular, we prove that π-sections which are of class [Formula: see text] and holomorphic on D can be approximated in the [Formula: see text] topology by π-sections that are holomorphic in open neighborhoods of [Formula: see text]. Under additional assumptions on the submersion we also get approximation by global holomorphic π-sections and the Oka principle over 1-convex manifolds. We include an application to the construction of proper holomorphic maps of 1-convex domains into q-convex manifolds.
An Oka principle for Stein G-manifolds
