A finite-Point Schwarz-Pick Inequality

Abstract

We prove a finite-point version of the Schwarz-Pick inequality for holomorphic self-maps of the disk. The estimate compares Bergman Gram matrices built from several points and their images, and the sharp constant depends on both the number of points and, for finite Blaschke products, the degree of the map. These matrices also arise from the Szegő-kernel metric on the symmetrized polydisc, where the estimate becomes a sharp Schwarz-Pick inequality for the induced holomorphic maps.