Infinitesimal automorphisms of quadrics and second jet determination for CR mappings

Abstract: We consider a problem whether a CR mapping of a generic manifold in complex space is uniquely determined by its finite jet at a point, which is referred to as finite jet determination. We derive the finite jet determination for CR mappings of smooth Levi nondegenerate manifolds of arbitrary codimension from the finite dimensionality of the algebras of infinitesimal automorphisms of the corresponding quadrics. Previously, this implication was known for real analytic manifolds. We prove a new 2-jet determination result that covers most affirmative results on this matter obtained so far.