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Characterisation of geodesic preserving functions

Complex Variables 2025-09-23 v1

Abstract

Let Ω1\Omega_1, Ω2\Omega_2 be two domains in Cn\mathbb{C}^n with Kobayashi metrics kΩik_{\Omega_i} and consider fO(Ω1,Ω2)f \in \mathcal{O}(\Omega_1,\Omega_2) a holomorphic mapping. Let F1\mathfrak{F}_1 and F2\mathfrak{F}_2 be a family of geodesics defined on Ω1\Omega_1 and Ω2\Omega_2 respectively, where a geodesic between zz and ww in Ωi\Omega_i is the length minimizing curve between the two points for the metric kΩik_{\Omega_i}. We say that a holomorphic function \textit{preserves geodesics} if for any geodesic γ1\gamma_1 in F1\mathfrak{F}_1 its image is a subset of a geodesic γ2\gamma_2 in F2\mathfrak{F}_2 (f(γ1)γ2f(\gamma_1)\subset \gamma_2). We aim to characterise the family of such functions between families of Kobayashi geodesics passing through a point in the unit disc D\mathbb{D} and in the unit ball Bn\mathbb{B}^n. Some additional results in the complex plane C\mathbb{C} and Cn\mathbb{C}^n.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2509.17814,
  title  = {Characterisation of geodesic preserving functions},
  author = {Marcin Tombinski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.17814},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

15 pages. Comments and remarks are most welcome!

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