Some remarks on the Green function and the Azukawa pseudometric (Q1778122)

The present article deals with the comparison of the pluricomplex Green function, the Azukawa pseudometric, and the singular Caratheodory function. We define the following functionals for a domain \(D \subset \mathbb C^n\): \smallskip Let \(g_D(p,z)\) denote the pluricomplex Green function with pole at \(p \in D\). The Azukawa pseudometric \(A_D(z,X)\) is defined on \(D\times \mathbb C^n\) by \[ A_D(z,X) = \lim\sup_{\lambda \to 0} \, \frac{\exp (g_D(p,p+\lambda X)\,) }{| \lambda| }. \] By \[ c_D^\infty (p,z):= \sup \left\{\,\frac{\log | f(z)| }{k}: k \in \mathbb N,\;f\in {\mathcal O} (D, \Delta),\text{ ord}_pf \geq k\right\} \] we denote the singular Caratheodory function. (Here \({\mathcal O} (D, \Delta)\) is the family of holomorphic functions from \(D\) to the unit disc \(\Delta\)). Finally, let \[ \gamma_D^\infty (p,X) :=\sup \biggl\{\biggl| \frac{f^{(k)} (p) X}{k!} \biggr| ^{1/k}: k \in \mathbb N ,\;f\in {\mathcal O} (D, \Delta),\text{ ord}_pf \geq k \biggr\} \] be the singular Caratheodory pseudometric. Then, for planar domains, the following is proven: Theorem: If \(D\) is a planar domain for which the set of one-point connected components of its complement is polar. Then \(g_D = c_D^\infty\), \(A_D = \gamma_D^\infty \). The article concludes with an example of a planar hyperconvex domain such that \(g_D \neq c_D^\infty\) and \(A_D \neq \gamma_D^\infty \).