Dilatation and order of contact for holomorphic self-maps of strongly convex domains

• Autores: Filippo Bracci
• Localización: Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, ISSN 0024-6115, Vol. 86, Nº 1, 2003, págs. 131-152
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1112/s0024611502013758
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• Resumen

  • Let $D$ be a bounded strongly convex domain and let $f$ be a holomorphic self-map of $D$. In this paper we introduce and study the dilatation $\alpha (f)$ of $f$ defined, if $f$ has no fixed points in $D$, as the usual boundary dilatation coefficient of $f$ at its Wolff point, or, if $f$ has some fixed points in $D$, as the ratio of shrinking of the Kobayashi balls around a fixed point of $f$. In particular, we show that the map $\alpha$, defined as $\alpha : f \mapsto \alpha (f) \in [0,1]$, is lower semicontinuous. Among other things, this allows us to study the limits of a family of holomorphic self-maps of $D$. In the case of an inner fixed point, the dilatation is an intrinsic measure of the order of contact of $f(D)$ to $\partial D$.

    Finally, using complex geodesics, we define and study a directional dilatation, which is a measure of the shrinking of the domain along a given direction. Again, results of semicontinuity are given and applied to a family of holomorphic self-maps.