Gromov hyperbolicity of Denjoy domains with hyperbolic and quasihyperbolic metrics

Abstract

We derive explicit and simple conditions which in many cases allow one to decide, whether or not a Denjoy domain endowed with the Poincaré or quasihyperbolic metric is Gromov hyperbolic. The criteria are based on the Euclidean size of the complement. As a corollary, the main theorem allows us to deduce the non-hyperbolicity of any periodic Denjoy domain.