LIMITS OF MULTIPOLE PLURICOMPLEX GREEN FUNCTIONS

Let Ω be a bounded hyperconvex domain in ℂn, 0 ∈ Ω, and Sε a family of N poles in Ω, all tending to 0 as ε tends to 0. To each Sε we associate its vanishing ideal [Formula: see text] and pluricomplex Green function [Formula: see text]. Suppose that, as ε tends to 0, [Formula: see text] converges to [Formula: see text] (local uniform convergence), and that (Gε)ε converges to G, locally uniformly away from 0; then [Formula: see text]. If the Hilbert–Samuel multiplicity of [Formula: see text] is strictly larger than its length (codimension, equal to N here), then (Gε)ε cannot converge to [Formula: see text]. Conversely, if [Formula: see text] is a complete intersection ideal, then (Gε)ε converges to [Formula: see text]. We work out the case of three poles.