Greene–Wu conjecture on uniform equivalence of the Kobayashi metric

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Let (M,h)(M,h) be a simply-connected complete Kähler manifold satisfying

−A≤sectional curvature⁡≤−B-A \leq \operatorname{sectional\ curvature} \leq -B

for two positive constants AA and BB. Let K\mathfrak{K} denote the Kobayashi metric on MM. Greene–Wu's conjecture. There is a constant C>0C>0, depending only on AA and BB, such that

C−1h(z;v)≤K2(z;v)≤Ch(z;v),∀z∈M, ∀v∈Tz1,0M.C^{-1}h(z;v) \leq \mathfrak{K}^2(z;v) \leq Ch(z;v), \qquad \forall z\in M,\ \forall v\in T_z^{1,0}M.

This conjecture asks for uniform equivalence between the Kobayashi–Royden metric and the Kähler metric under two-sided negative sectional-curvature bounds. The supplied text gives no resolution, so the conjecture is recorded as open.

References

Primary source

Jun Nie, “Complete complex Finsler metrics and uniform equivalence of the Kobayashi metric”, arXiv:2309.08456 (2025).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2017–2023). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1711.09475.

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