Climbing elements in finite Coxeter groups.
After defining what is meant by a complex spray X on a complex manifold M, we introduce the notion of a spray complex curve associated to X. Several equivalent formulations are derived and we give necessary and sufficient conditions for M to admit spray complex curves for X through each point and in each direction. Refinements of this result are then derived for some special cases, for example when X is the horizontal radial vector field associated to a complex Finsler metric.
We derive conditions under which a holomorphic mapping of a taut Riemann surface must be an automorphism. This is an analogue involving invariant distances of a result of H. Cartan. Using similar methods we prove an existence result for 1-dimensional holomorphic retracts in a taut complex manifold.
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