Curvatures on a class of Reinhardt domains (Q1209044)

The main result of the paper under review states that if \(K\) and \(B\) are the Kobayashi and the Bergman metrics of the domain \(D=\{(z_ 1,z)\in\mathbb{C}^ n:| z_ 1|^{2k}+| z|^ 2<1, 0<k\neq 1\}\), then there exists a constant \(C>0\) such that \(B(z;X)\leq CK(z;X)\) for all \(z\in D\) and \(X\in\mathbb{C}^ n\). To prove this result, the author constructs a complete, \(\text{Aut}(D)\)-invariant Kähler metric \(y(z;X)\) such that \(B(z;X)\leq Y(z;X)\). He computes its holomorphic sectional curvature and shows that it is bounded from above by a negative constant. Then it follows from a result of \textit{M. Heins} [Nagoya Math. J. 21, 1-60 (1962; Zbl 0113.056)] that there exists a constant \(C>0\) such that \(Y(z;X)\leq CK(z;X)\). A similar comparison theorem for the domain \(\{| z_ 1|^{2/p}+| z_ 2|^{2/q}<1\}\) in \(\mathbb{C}^ 2\) has been obtained by \textit{K. T. Hahn} and \textit{P. Pflug} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 104, No. 1, 207-214 (1988; Zbl 0665.32012)].