Hyperbolicity, automorphic forms and Siegel modular varieties (Q2801759)

The paper under review deals with the hyperbolicity of compactifications of locally symmetric spaces. Let \(D\) be a bounded symmetric domain in \({\mathbb C}^n\) and let \(\Gamma \subseteq \mathrm{Aut}(D)\) be a neat arithmetic subgroup. The author proves the following: There is a finite étale cover of \(X_1=D/\Gamma\) determined by a subgroup \(\Gamma_1 \subseteq \Gamma\) such that \(\overline{X_1}\), a smooth compactification of \(X_1\), is Kobayashi hyperbolic modulo \(D_1:=\overline{X_1}\setminus X_1.\) As an application of the above theorem, he also studies the case of Siegel modular varieties.NEWLINENEWLINEFor related results, see [\textit{J. Noguchi}, Int. J. Math. 2, No. 2, 183--194 (1991; Zbl 0741.14023)]. For an analytic counterpart of the above theorem, see also [\textit{Y. Aihara} and \textit{J. Noguchi}, Kodai Math. J. 14, No. 3, 320--334 (1991; Zbl 0760.32013)].