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Analysis of the Wu metric. I: The case of convex Thullen domains

Author(s): C. K. Cheung; Kang-Tae Kim
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 348 (1996), 1429-1457.
MSC (1991): Primary 32H20
MathSciNet review: 1357392
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Abstract: We present an explicit description of the Wu metric on the convex Thullen domains which turns out to be the first natural example of a purely Hermitian, non-Kählerian invariant metric. Also, we show that the Wu metric on these Thullen domains is in fact real analytic everywhere except along a lower dimensional subvariety, and is $C^{1}$ smooth overall. Finally, we show that the holomorphic curvature of the Wu metric on these Thullen domains is strictly negative where the Wu metric is real analytic, and is strictly negative everywhere in the sense of current.

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