Modular data and regularity of Monge-Ampère exhaustions and of Kobayashi distance (Q2354334)

The authors consider the problem of characterization of manifolds of circular type that admit Monge-Ampère exhaustions and Kobayashi distances of prescribed regularity. They study the regularity properties of Monge-Ampère exhaustions and Kobayashi distances for a large class of Stein manifolds in terms of modular data. In this way, they construct an infinite-dimensional family of convex domains with squared Kobayashi distance of prescribed regularity properties. Moreover, they get a new sharp refinement of Stoll's characterisation of \({\mathbb C}^n\) obtained in [\textit{W. Stoll}, Ann. Sc. Norm. Super. Pisa, Cl. Sci., IV. Ser. 7, 87--154 (1980; Zbl 0438.32005)].