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6.—Rationally Convex Hulls and Potential Theory.*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2012

Richard F. Basener
Richard F. Basener
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Department of Mathematics, Yale University.
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Synopsis

Let S be a compact subset of the open unit disc in C. Associate to S the set

Let R(X) be the uniform algebra on X generated by the rational functions which are holomorphic near X. It is shown that the spectrum of R(X) is determined in a simple wayby the potential-theoretic properties of S. In particular, the spectrum of R(X) is X if and only if the functions harmonic near S are uniformly dense in the continuous functions on S. Similar results can be obtained for other subsets of C2 constructed from compact subsets of C.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 74 , 1976 , pp. 81 - 89
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1976

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