An embedding of {\bf C} in {\bf C}^2 with hyperbolic complement

Abstract: Let

X

be a closed,

1

-dimensional, complex subvariety of

C C^{2}

and let

o l B B

be a closed ball in

C C^{2} - X

. Then there exists a Fatou-Bieberbach domain

O m e g a

with

X s u b s e t e q O m e g a s u b s e t e q C C^{2} - o l B B

and a biholomorphic map

P h i : O m e g a a C C^{2}

such that

C C^{2} - P h i (X)

is Kobayashi hyperbolic. As corollaries, there is an embedding of the plane in

C C^{2}

whose complement is hyperbolic, and there is a nontrivial Fatou-Bieberbach domain containing any finite collection of complex lines.

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