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Green vs. Lempert functions: a minimal example

Complex Variables 2012-09-06 v3

Abstract

The Lempert function for a set of poles in a domain of Cn\mathbb C^n at a point zz is obtained by taking a certain infimum over all analytic disks going through the poles and the point zz, and majorizes the corresponding multi-pole pluricomplex Green function. Coman proved that both coincide in the case of sets of two poles in the unit ball. We give an example of a set of three poles in the unit ball where this equality fails.

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@article{arxiv.1104.1985,
  title  = {Green vs. Lempert functions: a minimal example},
  author = {Pascal J. Thomas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.1985},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

v3: proof of the upper estimate for the Green function added; accepted in Pacific Journal of Mathematics

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