In this paper, we construct the moduli space of reduced hyperbolic compact complex spaces. First, we prove an infinitesimal characterization of hyperbolicity using a family of Kobayashi-Royden pseudo-metrics introduced by Venturini and as a consequence we conclude that the property of Landau holds for complex spaces. Finally, we establish this moduli space in the case of locally trivial deformations, and in a more general situation, the case of equisingular deformations.
IntroductionBrody [1] and Wright [26] constructed the moduli space of compact hyperbolic manifolds. In [11], the author generalized this result by establishing the moduli space of hyperbolically imbedded manifolds, which can be seen as a non compact version of the moduli space of Brody-Wright. To construct this moduli space, we use a general criterion to represent analytic functors by coarse moduli spaces. This criterion is due to Suchmacher [21] and Fujiki [6]. See also Kosarew and Okonek [17] for further generalizations.We notice that Fujiki [6] and Schumacher [20] used this criterion to construct the moduli space of polarized kähler manifolds.The paper is divided in three parts. In the first part, we prove that the property of Landau holds also for complex spaces and not only for manifolds [9] or for complex spaces with isolated singularities [23]. This can be achieved by a characterization of the hyperbolicity expressed with the help of the family {K k X }, the Kobayashi infinitesimal k-pseudo-metrics introduced by Venturini [25]. Royden [19] proved a similar characterization in the case of complex manifolds. A. Khalfallah (B) Institut Préparatoire aux études d'ingénieur, Rue Ibn El Jazzar,