Sharp pointwise and uniform estimates for $\bar\partial$

Abstract: We use weighted $L^2$-methods to obtain sharp pointwise estimates for the canonical solution to the equation $\bar\partial u=f$ on smoothly bounded strictly convex domains and the Cartan classical domain domains when $f$ is bounded in the Bergman metric $g$. We provide examples to show our pointwise estimates are sharp. In particular, we show that on the Cartan classical domains $\Omega$ of rank $2$ the maximum blow up order is greater than $-\log \delta_\Omega(z)$, which was obtained for the unit ball case by Berndtsson. For example, for IV$(n)$ with $n \geq 3$, the maximum blow up order is $\delta(z)^{1 -{n \over 2}}$ because of the contribution of the Bergman kernel. Additionally, we obtain uniform estimates for the canonical solutions on the polydiscs, strictly pseudoconvex domains and the Cartan classical domains under stronger conditions on $f$.