On the geometry of the symmetrized bidisc

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Abstract: We study the action of the automorphism group of the 2 complex dimensional manifold symmetrized bidisc mathbbG on itself. The automorphism group is 3 real dimensional. It foliates mathbbG into leaves all of which are 3 real dimensional hypersurfaces except one, viz., the royal variety. This leads us to investigate Isaev's classification of all Kobayashi-hyperbolic 2 complex dimensional manifolds for which the group of holomorphic automorphisms has real dimension 3 studied by Isaev. Indeed, we produce a biholomorphism between the symmetrized bidisc and the domain [{(z_1,z_2)in mathbb{C} ^2 : 1+|z_1|^2-|z_2|^2>|1+ z_1 ^2 -z_2 ^2|, Im(z_1 (1+overline{z_2}))>0}] in Isaev's list. Isaev calls it mathcalD1. The road to the biholomorphism is paved with various geometric insights about mathbbG. Several consequences of the biholomorphism follow including two new characterizations of the symmetrized bidisc and several new characterizations of mathcalD1. Among the results on mathcalD1, of particular interest is the fact that mathcalD1 is a "symmetrization". When we symmetrize (appropriately defined in the context in the last section) either Omega1 or mathcalD1(2) (Isaev's notation), we get mathcalD1. These two domains Omega1 and mathcalD1(2) are in Isaev's list and he mentioned that these are biholomorphic to mathbbDimesmathbbD. We produce explicit biholomorphisms between these domains and mathbbDimesmathbbD.












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