Abstract
We show that two smoothly bounded, strongly pseudoconvex domains which are diffeomorphic may be smoothly deformed into each other, with all intermediate domains being strongly pseudoconvex. This result relates to Lempert’s ideas about Kobayashi extremal discs, and also has intrinsic interest.
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