Some remarks on the Carathéodory and Szegö metrics on planar domains

2024/10/28 by Aparna Bhatnagar, Bhatnagar, Anjali, Diganta Borah +1
Mathematics · #30F45 #32A25 #32F45 #Analytic and geometric function theory #Complex Variables (math.CV) #FOS: Mathematics #Geometry and complex manifolds #Holomorphic and Operator Theory

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2410.20955

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Abstract

We study several intrinsic properties of the Carathéodory and Szegö metrics on finitely connected planar domains. Among them are the existence of closed geodesics and geodesic spirals, boundary behaviour of Gaussian curvatures, and L²-cohomology. A formula for the Szegö metric in terms of the Weierstrass \wp-function is obtained. Variations of these metrics and their Gaussian curvatures on planar annuli are also studied. Consequently, we obtain optimal universal upper bounds for their Gaussian curvatures and show that no universal lower bounds exist for their Gaussian curvatures. Moreover, it follows that there are domains where the Gaussian curvature of the Szegö metric assumes both negative and positive values. Lastly, it is also observed that there is no universal upper bound for the ratio of the Szegö and Carathéodory metrics.

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