Transfinite diameter, Chebyshev constant and energy on locally compact spaces (Q2426683)

The idea behind abstract (linear) potential theory, as developed by Choquet, Fuglede and Ohtsuka is to replace the Euclidean space \(\mathbb{R}^d\) by some locally compact space \(X\) and the well-known Newtonian kernel by some other kernel function, and to ``look'' at which ``potential theoretic'' assertions remain true in this generality. The authors give slightly different definition for the transfinite diameter that, for infinite sets, turns out to be equivalent with the one of Choquet. The primar aim of this note is to revisit the above-mentioned notions and related results and also partially to complement the corresponding theory.