Carathéodory metric

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The Carathéodory metric is an intrinsic distance function in complex analysis that measures how far apart points are in a domain based on holomorphic mappings into the unit disk.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf complex-analytic invariant metric ⓘ
intrinsic metric ⓘ
pseudometric ⓘ
agreesWith Euclidean metric on small scales up to first order on smooth strongly convex domains ⓘ
canDegenerateOn non-hyperbolic domains ⓘ
characterizes holomorphic contractibility of maps ⓘ
coincidesWith Poincaré metric on the unit disk ⓘ
coincidesWithOn unit disk ⓘ
definedOn Riemann surface ⓘ
linked to: Riemann surfaces

complex domain ⓘ
complex manifold ⓘ
dependsOn holomorphic maps into the unit disk ⓘ
field complex analysis ⓘ
introducedIn early 20th century ⓘ
isCompleteOn bounded convex domain in C^n ⓘ
isConformalInvariant true ⓘ
isDefinedVia supremum over holomorphic maps to the unit disk ⓘ
isDistanceFunction true ⓘ
isFinslerMetric true ⓘ
isHolomorphicallyContractible true ⓘ
isIntrinsic true ⓘ
isInvariantUnder biholomorphic maps ⓘ
holomorphic automorphisms of the domain ⓘ
isLocalizable false ⓘ
isMonotoneWithRespectTo domain inclusion ⓘ
isNondegenerateOn Carathéodory hyperbolic domains ⓘ
isSymmetric true ⓘ
isToolIn invariant distance theory in complex analysis ⓘ
isUpperBoundFor Lempert function on convex domains ⓘ
lessThanOrEqualTo Kobayashi metric ⓘ
majorizedBy Kobayashi metric ⓘ
namedAfter Constantin Carathéodory ⓘ
nonnegativity true ⓘ
relatedTo Bergman metric ⓘ
Kobayashi metric ⓘ
Teichmüller metric ⓘ
linked to: Teichmüller theory
satisfies triangle inequality ⓘ
separatesPointsOn Carathéodory hyperbolic manifolds ⓘ
usedIn complex dynamical systems ⓘ
geometric function theory ⓘ
several complex variables ⓘ
usedToStudy biholomorphic equivalence of domains ⓘ
complex geodesics ⓘ
hyperbolicity of complex manifolds ⓘ
uses Poincaré metric on the unit disk ⓘ

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Constantin Carathéodory → notableWork → Carathéodory metric ⓘ
Carathéodory metric → isNondegenerateOn → Carathéodory hyperbolic domains ⓘ
linked to: Carathéodory metric
Carathéodory metric → separatesPointsOn → Carathéodory hyperbolic manifolds ⓘ
linked to: Carathéodory metric
Kobayashi metric → relatedConcept → Carathéodory metric ⓘ
Bergman metric → relatedTo → Carathéodory metric ⓘ
Lempert function on convex domains → relatedTo → Carathéodory distance ⓘ
linked to: Carathéodory metric
Teichmüller metric → relatedConcept → Carathéodory metric ⓘ
Poincaré metric → isEquivalentTo → Carathéodory metric on the unit disk ⓘ
linked to: Carathéodory metric
Schwarz–Pick theorem → relatedTo → Carathéodory metric ⓘ