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In this paper we show that the Kobayashi-Royden metric and the Sibony metric are different on ring domains, i.e., the difference of two concentric balls, in higher dimension.
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Dedicated to Professor Zhong TongDe on the occasion of his 80th birthday
This work was supported by National Science Foundation (Grant No. DMS 0705027)
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Fornæss, J.E. Comparison of the Kobayashi-Royden and Sibony metrics on ring domains. Sci. China Ser. A-Math. 52, 2610–2616 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11425-009-0146-z
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11425-009-0146-z