On the generalized squeezing functions and Fridman invariants of special domains (Q2159750)

The purpose of this article is to study the generalized squeezing function and the Fridman invariant for special domains and provide explicit computations for annuli. The study of bounded domains in \(\mathbb{C}^n\) (or complex manifolds) and their biholomorphic invariants is a central topic in complex analysis. The squeezing function, introduced by \textit{F. Deng} et al. [Pac. J. Math. 257, No. 2, 319--341 (2012; Zbl 1254.32015)], is a biholomorphic invariant, which measures how well a domain in \(\mathbb{C}^n\) can be approximated by the unit ball. The generalized squeezing functions asks for approximation by other domains. It holds that if the squeezing function admits the value \(1\) at some point, then the domain is biholomorphically equivalent to the unit ball. In the article under review bounded domains, which are balanced, convex and homogeneous are considered. Considering the complement of compact subsets of these domains, it is shown that the squeezing function can be expressed in terms of the Carathéodory pseudodistance. Yet another biholomorphic invariant is the Fridman invariant introduced by \textit{B. L. Fridman} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 276, 685--698 (1983; Zbl 0525.32022)], which in some sense is dual to the squeezing function. Similarly, if the Fridman invariant vanishes at some point of the domain, the domain is biholomorphic to the unit ball. In order to compare these two invariants a modification is required and it holds that the modified Fridman invariant dominates the squeezing function (see [\textit{N. Nikolov} and \textit{K. Verma}, J. Geom. Anal. 30, No. 2, 1218--1225 (2020; Zbl 1436.32048)]). On certain domains these two invariants agree. E.g. equality holds on domains, where a proper analytic subset or a domain with pseudoconvex boundary is removed. Based on these results, for annuli the squeezing function (which agrees with the modified Fridman invariant in this case) is explicitly computed. There are also formulas for the generalized squeezing function for certain domains, such as the polydisc, the unit ball and complements of these domains. In the last section examples of domains are provided, where the generalized squeezing function and the Fridman invariant are not plurisubharmonic.