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In a variety of applications it is important to extract information from a probability measure $\mu$ on an infinite dimensional space. Examples include the Bayesian approach to inverse problems and possibly conditioned) continuous time…

We study the problem of minimizing the supremum norm by monic polynomials with integer coefficients. Let ${\M}_n({\Z})$ denote the monic polynomials of degree $n$ with integer coefficients. A {\it monic integer Chebyshev polynomial} $M_n…

The paper deals with minimum energy problems in the presence of external fields with respect to the Riesz kernels $|x-y|^{\alpha-n}$, $0<\alpha<n$, on $\mathbb R^n$, $n\geqslant2$. For quite a general (not necessarily lower semicontinuous)…

We study the problem of minimizing the supremum norm, on a segment of the real line or on a compact set in the plane, by polynomials with integer coefficients. The extremal polynomials are naturally called integer Chebyshev polynomials.…

The theory of Chebyshev (uniform) approximation for univariate polynomial and piecewise polynomial functions has been studied for decades. The optimality conditions are based on the notion of alternating sequence. However, the extension the…

We study gradient regularity for mixed local-nonlocal problems modelled upon \[ -\Delta_p u +(-\Delta_p)^su=\mu\qquad\text{for} \quad 2-\tfrac{1}{n}<p<\infty\quad \text{and}\quad s\in(0,1)\,,\] where $\mu$ is a bounded Borel measure. We…

We investigate minimum weak $\alpha$-Riesz energy problems with external fields in both the unconstrained and constrained settings for generalized condensers $(A_1,A_2)$ such that the closures of $A_1$ and $A_2$ in $\mathbb R^n$ are allowed…

For a closed subset $K$ of a compact metric space $A$ possessing an $\alpha$-regular measure $\mu$ with $\mu(K)>0$, we prove that whenever $s>\alpha$, any sequence of weighted minimal Riesz $s$-energy configurations…

We provide an algorithm to approximate a finitely supported discrete measure $\mu$ by a measure $\nu_{N}$ corresponding to a set of $N$ points so that the total variation between $\mu$ and $\nu_N$ has an upper bound. As a consequence if…

We investigate a linear diffusion equation incorporating historical effects, characterised by a finite non-negative Borel measure on \((0, \mathfrak T]\). This approach accommodates both distributed memory and discrete delays within a…

In the following, we study the minimization of polynomial potentials $ f(t) $ on the unit circle, where the potentials take the form \[ f(t) = \sum_{i=1}^n b_i x^{2i}, \quad b_i \in \mathbb{R}. \] This form arises in the context of…

In this paper we develop a general theoretical tool for the establishment of the boundedness of notoriously difficult operators (such as potentials) on certain specific types of rearrangement-invariant function spaces from analogous…

We study the relationship between transfinite diameter, Chebyshev constant and Wiener energy in the abstract linear potential analytic setting pioneered by Choquet, Fuglede and Ohtsuka. It turns out that, whenever the potential theoretic…

In view of a recent example of a positive Radon measure $\mu$ on a domain $D\subset\mathbb R^n$, $n\geqslant3$, such that $\mu$ is of finite energy $E_g(\mu)$ relative to the $\alpha$-Green kernel $g$ on $D$, though the energy of…

Let $\mu$ be a given Borel measure on $\K\subseteq\R^n$ and let $y=(y_\alpha)$, $\alpha\in\N^n$, be a given sequence. We provide several conditions linking $y$ and the moment sequence $z=(z_\alpha)$ of $\mu$, for $y$ to be the moment…

This paper is concerned with volume-constrained minimization problems derived from Gamow's liquid drop model for the atomic nucleus, involving the competition of a perimeter term and repulsive nonlocal potentials. We consider a large class…

Let $A$ be a compact set in ${\mathbb R}^p$ of Hausdorff dimension $d$. For $s\in(0,d)$, the Riesz $s$-equilibrium measure $\mu^s$ is the unique Borel probability measure with support in $A$ that minimizes $$…

Given a positive definite kernel in a locally compact space, we study a minimal energy problem in the presence of an external field over the class of all nonnegative Radon measures that are supported by a given closed noncompact set,…

In this article we investigate the $N$-point min-max and the max-min polarization problems on the sphere for a large class of potentials in $\mathbb{R}^n$. We derive universal lower and upper bounds on the polarization of spherical designs…

Defining a condenser in a locally compact space as a locally finite, countable collection of Borel sets $A_i$, $i\in I$, with the sign $s_i=\pm1$ prescribed such that $A_i\cap A_j=\varnothing$ whenever $s_is_j=-1$, we consider a minimum…