  We investigate the Mott transition in infinite dimensions in the orbitally
degenerate Hubbard model. We find that the qualitative features of the Mott
transition found in the one band model are also present in the orbitally
degenerate case. Surprisingly, the quantitative aspects of the transition
around density one are not very sensitive to orbital degeneracy, justifying the
quantitative success of the one band model which was previously applied to
orbitally degenerate systems. We contrast this with quantities that have a
sizeable dependence on the orbital degeneracy and comment on the role of the
intraatomic exchange J.
