%0 Journal Article %T Sharp estimates of the Kobayashi metric and Gromov hyperbolicity %A Florian Bertrand %J Mathematics %D 2008 %I arXiv %R 10.1016/j.jmaa.2008.04.057 %X Let D be a smooth relatively compact and strictly J-pseudoconvex domain in a four dimensional almost complex manifold (M,J). We give sharp estimates of the Kobayashi metric. Our approach is based on an asymptotic quantitative description of both the domain D and the almost complex structure J near a boundary point. Following Z.M.Balogh and M.Bonk, these sharp estimates provide the Gromov hyperbolicity of the domain D. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/0801.0505v1