Pommerenke's theorem on Gromov hyperbolic domains

Abstract

We establish a version of a classical theorem of Pommerenke, which is a diameter version of the Gehring-Hayman inequality on Gromov hyperbolic domains of ${\mathbb{R}}^n$. Two applications are given. Firstly, we generalize Ostrowski's Faltensatz to quasihyperbolic geodesics of Gromov hyperbolic domains. Secondly, we prove that unbounded uniform domains can be characterized in the terms of Gromov hyperbolicity and a naturally quasisymmetric correspondence on the boundary, where the Gromov boundary is equipped with a Hamenstädt metric (defined by using a Busemann function).

28 pages, 4 figures