On the Gromov Hyperbolicity of Convex Domains in $${\mathbb {C}}^n$$ C n

Abstract

We prove that if a \({\mathcal {C}}^\infty \)-smooth bounded convex domain in \({\mathbb {C}}^n\) contains a holomorphic disc in its boundary, then the domain is not Gromov hyperbolic for the Kobayashi distance. We also give examples of bounded smooth convex domains that are not strongly pseudoconvex but are Gromov hyperbolic.