On a conjecture of E. A. Rakhmanov (Q1581105)

Let \[ \| w_n\cdot T_{n,p}\|_{L_p(E_n)}=\min \{\| w_n\cdot P\|_{L_p(E_n)}:P(z)=z^n+ \text{ lower powers}\}. \] The author proves two Rakhmanov's conjectures [\textit{A. B. J. Kuijlaars} and \textit{E. A. Rakhmanov}, J. Comput. Appl. Math. 99, 255--274 (1998; Zbl 0929.33010)] about possible generalization of the theorem which characterizes the asymptotic behaviour of the quantities \(\| w_n\cdot T_{n,p}\|_{L_p(E_n)}^{1/n}\) with \(E_n\) being finite or countable subsets of the complex plane. The main tool of the proof is the investigation of weighted Fekete points for the sets \(E_n\).