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On the Bergman Kernel of Hyperconvex Domains Takeo Ohsawa

2004

Abstract

Let D be a bounded pseudoconvex domain in CΓ, and let KD (z, w) be the Bergman kernel function of D. The boundary behavior of KD(z, w), or that of KD (z, z), has attracted a lot of attention because it is closely related to the pseudoconformal geometry of D and dD. For instance, the Bergman metric dd\ogKD(z, z) is invariant under any biholomorphic transformation of D, and the growth-rate of KD (z, z) near a given boundary point x is controlled by the behavior of the Levi-form of dD near x. Roughly speaking, the rank of the Levi-form at x is a pseudoconformal invariant that measures the growth of KD(z, z) near x, or in other words it measures how much room is left for L holomorphic functions to live near x (cf. [Ho], [D], [0-1], [D-H-0]). As is well known, very deep analysis is possible for KD(z, w) in case dD is C°° and strongly pseudoconvex, or more generally of finite type, and as a result one extend Caratheodory's theorem to several complex variables by this approach (cf. [F]...