Negativity of the curvature operator of a bounded domain (Q1097533)

The author studies the curvature operator Q in two cases: i) homogeneous bounded domains, ii) Thullen domains \(D_ p=\{z\in {\mathbb{C}}^ 2| | z_ 1| <1\), \(| z_ 2| <(1-| z_ 1|^ 2)^ p\}.\) In the first case, using results of \textit{I. I. Pjateckij-Shapiro} [Automorphic functions and the geometry of classical domains, New York (1969; Zbl 0196.099)], he proves that Q is negative definite if and only if the domain is biholomorphic to a ball. In the second case, Q is always negative definite. The proof of this last result is related to other papers of the author.