The Schwarz-Pick lemma of high order in several variables (Q621289)

Let \(\mathbb B_n\) denote the unit ball in \(\mathbb C^n\), and let \(\Omega_{n,m}\) be the class of all holomorphic mappings \(f:\mathbb B_n\rightarrow\mathbb B_m\). The authors define the Bergman metric for the unit ball \(\mathbb B_n\) as \[ H_n(z;\beta):=\frac{(1-\|z\|^2)\|\beta\|^2+|\langle\beta,z\rangle|^2}{(1-\|z\|^2)^2},\quad z\in\mathbb B^n,\;\beta\in\mathbb C^n, \] where \(\langle\;,\;\rangle\) denotes the Hermitian scalar product in \(\mathbb C^n\) and \(\|z\|:=(\langle z,z\rangle)^{1/2}\). For \(f\in\Omega_{n,m}\), \(k\in\mathbb N\), and \(z\in\mathbb B_n\), the Fréchet derivative of \(f\) at \(z\) of order \(k\) is defined by \[ D_k(f,z,\beta):=\sum_{|\alpha|=k}\frac{k!}{\alpha!}\frac{\partial^kf(z)}{\partial z_1^{\alpha_1}\dots\partial z_n^{\alpha_n}}\beta^{\alpha},\quad\beta\in\mathbb C^n. \] The main result of the paper is the following. Let \(f\in\Omega_{n,m}\), \(k\in\mathbb N\), \(z\in\mathbb B_n\), \(\beta\in\mathbb C^n\setminus\{0\}\). Then \[ H_m(f(z);D_k(f,z,\beta))\leqslant(k!)^2\left(1+\frac{|\langle\beta,z\rangle|}{((1-\|z\|^2)\|\beta\|^2+|\langle\beta,z\rangle|^2)^{1/2}}\right)^{2(k-1)}(H_n(z;\beta))^k. \] It is a generalization of the classical Schwarz-Pick lemma (take \(n=m=k=1\)) and the result by \textit{H.~H.~Chen} [Sci. China, Ser. A 46, No. 6, 838--846 (2003; Zbl 1097.47509)] (take \(k=1\)). As a consequence of the main result, the authors obtain a Schwarz-Pick estimate for partial derivatives of a mapping \(f\in\Omega_{n,m}\), which, in case \(m=1\), is much better than the one obtained by \textit{Z.~H.~Chen} and \textit{Y.~Liu} [Acta Math. Sin., Engl. Ser. 26, No. 5, 901--908 (2010; Zbl 1243.32002)].