Geometric properties of semitube domains

In the paper we study the geometry of semitube domains in $\mathbb C^2$. In particular, we extend the result of Burgu\'es and Dwilewicz for semitube domains dropping out the smoothness assumption. We also prove various properties of non-smooth pseudoconvex semitube domains obtaining among others a relation between pseudoconvexity of a semitube domain and the number of connected components of its vertical slices. Finally, we present an example showing that there is a non-convex domain in $\mathbb C^n$ such that its image under arbitrary isometry is pseudoconvex.Comment: 6 page

Construction of labyrinths in pseudoconvex domains

We build in a given pseudoconvex (Runge) domain $D$ of $\mathbb{C}^N$ a $\mathcal O(D)$ convex set $\Gamma$, every connected component of which is a holomorphically contractible (convex) compact set, enjoying the property that any continuous path $\gamma:[0,1)\rightarrow D$ with $\lim _{r\rightarrow 1}\gamma(r)\in \partial D$ and omitting $\Gamma$ has infinite length. This solves a problem left open in a recent paper by Alarc\'on and Forstneri\v{c}

Lower estimates of the Kobayashi distance and limits of complex geodesics

It is proved for a strongly pseudoconvex domain $D$ in $\Bbb C^d$ with $\mathcal C^{2,\alpha}$-smooth boundary that any complex geodesic through every two close points of $D$ sufficiently close to $\partial D$ and whose difference is non-tangential to $\partial D$ intersect a compact subset of $D$ that depends only on the rate of non-tangentiality. As an application, a lower bound for the Kobayashi distance is obtained.Comment: v2: to appear in Math. An

Holomorphic maps acting as Kobayashi isometries on a family of geodesics

Consider a holomorphic map $F: D \to G$ between two domains in ${\mathbb C}^N$. Let $\mathcal F$ denote a family of geodesics for the Kobayashi distance, such that $F$ acts as an isometry on each element of $\mathcal F$. This paper is dedicated to characterizing the scenarios in which the aforementioned condition implies that $F$ is a biholomorphism. Specifically, we establish this when $D$ is a complete hyperbolic domain, and $\mathcal F$ comprises all geodesic segments originating from a specific point. Another case is when $D$ and $G$ are $C^{2+\alpha}$-smooth bounded pseudoconvex domains, and $\mathcal F$ consists of all geodesic rays converging at a designated boundary point of $D$. Furthermore, we provide examples to demonstrate that these assumptions are essentially optimal