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Rigidity theorems by capacities and kernels

Complex Variables 2022-11-29 v2

Abstract

For any open hyperbolic Riemann surface XX, the Bergman kernel KK, the logarithmic capacity cβc_{\beta}, and the analytic capacity cBc_{B} satisfy the inequality chain πKcβ2cB2\pi K \geq c^2_{\beta} \geq c^2_B; moreover, equality holds at a single point between any two of the three quantities if and only if XX is biholomorphic to a disk possibly less a relatively closed polar set. We extend the inequality chain by showing that cB2πv1(X)c_{B}^2 \geq \pi v^{-1}(X) on planar domains, where v()v(\cdot) is the Euclidean volume, and characterize the extremal cases when equality holds at one point. Similar rigidity theorems concerning the Szeg\"{o} kernel, the higher-order Bergman kernels, and the sublevel sets of the Green's function are also developed. Additionally, we explore rigidity phenomena related to the multi-dimensional Suita conjecture.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2111.10973,
  title  = {Rigidity theorems by capacities and kernels},
  author = {Robert Xin Dong and John N. Treuer and Yuan Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.10973},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

27 pages, final version to appear in International Mathematics Research Notices, IMRN. Supersedes and generalizes arXiv: 2011.05273 and arXiv: 2101.01358

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