On Lempert functions in .
For a domain D ⊂ ℂ the Kobayashi-Royden ϰ and Hahn h pseudometrics are equal iff D is simply connected. Overholt showed that for , n ≥ 3, we have . Let D₁, D₂ ⊂ ℂ. The aim of this paper is to show that iff at least one of D₁, D₂ is simply connected or biholomorphic to ℂ 0. In particular, there are domains D ⊂ ℂ² for which .
It is proved that if F is a convex closed set in ℂⁿ, n ≥2, containing at most one (n-1)-dimensional complex hyperplane, then the Kobayashi metric and the Lempert function of ℂⁿ∖ F identically vanish.
We prove (Theorem 1.2) that the category of generalized holomorphically contractible families (Definition 1.1) has maximal and minimal objects. Moreover, we present basic properties of these extremal families.
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