Gromov (non-)hyperbolicity of certain domains in \(\mathbb{C}^{N}\) (Q302321)

A metric space \((D,d)\) is \textit{Gromov hyperbolic} if \(\sup_{p, q, x, w\in D}S_d(p,q,x,w)<+\infty\), where \[ S_d(p,q,x,w):=\min\{(p,x)_w, (x,q)_w\}-(p,q)_w \] and \[ (x,y)_z:=d(x,z)+d(z,y)-d(x,y). \] The authors study the Gromov hyperbolicity of a domain \(D\subset\mathbb C^n\) with respect to the Carathéodory or Kobayashi metric. In particular, they prove the following theorems. -- If \(D_j\subset\mathbb C^{n_j}\) is a Kobayashi hyperbolic domain admitting a non-constant bounded holomorphic function, \(j=1,2\), then \(D_1\times D_2\) is not Gromov \(k\)-hyperbolic. In particular, polydiscs in \(\mathbb C^n\), \(n\geq2\), are not Gromov \(k\)-hyperbolic. -- The symmetrized polydisc \(\mathbb G_n\subset\mathbb C^n\), \(n\geq2\), is not Gromov \(c\)-hyperbolic nor \(k\)-hyperbolic. -- The tetrablock \(\mathbb E\subset\mathbb C^3\) is not Gromov \(k\)-hyperbolic. -- Let \(D\subset\mathbb C^2\) be a convex domain containing no complex lines such that \(\partial D\) is \(\mathcal C^{1,1}\)-smooth and contains an analytic disc. Then \(D\) is not Gromov \(k\)-hyperbolic. -- Let \(D\subset\mathbb C^2\) be a \(\mathcal C^{1,1}\)-smooth convex domain admitting at \(0\) a defining function of the form \(\varrho(z)=-\text{Re}z_1+\psi(|z_2|)\), where \(\psi\) is a \(\mathcal C^{1,1}\)-smooth convex non-negative function with \(\Psi(0)=0\) and \(\limsup_{x\to0}\frac{\log\psi(|x|)}{\log|x|}=\infty\). Then \(D\) is not Gromov \(k\)-hyperbolic. -- If \(D\subset\subset G\subset\mathbb C^n\), \(n\geq2\), are strictly pseudoconvex domains, then \(G\setminus\overline D\) is a Gromov \(k\)-hyperbolic domain.