Harmonic functions and hyperbolics of tube domains (Q2425370)

By using some methods of [\textit{F. Berteloot} and \textit{J. Duval}, Enseign. Math., II. Sér. 47, No. 3--4, 253--267 (2001; Zbl 1009.32015)] and Harnack's inequalities, the main theorem here (which gives a generalization) states that if \((f_n)_n\) are harmonic functions on a domain U of \(\mathbb R^m\) and \(\lim_{n\to\infty} [|(\operatorname{grad} f_n)(p)| / \cosh f_n(p)] = \infty\) for a point \(p\), then \((f_n)_n\) can be renormalized in \(p\) to obtain \((g_n)_n\) such that the sequence extracted converges uniform to any compact of \(\mathbb R^m\) to a nonconstant affine function. Extentions of this method are given for maps with values in a torus or a complex Lie group. As an application, a criterion of Kobayashi hyperbolicity for tubes in \(\mathbb C^2\) is given.