Real analytic extension of functions on normal crossings

Abstract: We consider a compact $C^\omega$ manifold $X$ and finitely many regular $C^\omega$ submanifolds $Y_1, \dots, Y_q$ of $X$, which are closed subsets in $X$, such that the union of $Y_j$'s has only normal crossings. We show that every continuous function on the union which is of class $C^\omega$ on each $Y_j$ can be extended to a $C^\omega$ function on $X$. A crucial feature of our proof is to employ basic tools of real analytic geometry -- Cartan Theorems A and B.