Chebyshev polynomials on a system of continua (Q272898)

Let \(K\subset\mathbb{C}\) be a compact set in the complex plane consisting of disjoint closed connected sets (continua) and let \(T_n(z)\), \(n\in\mathbb{N}\), be the \(n\)-th Chebyshev polynomial associated with \(K\). The goal of this paper is to establish estimates of the uniform norm of \(T_n(z)\). In particular, there exists \(\alpha=\alpha(K)>0\) such that \[ \| T_n\|_K\leq c_1n^\alpha\mathrm{cap}(K)^n,\quad n\in\mathbb{N}\,, \] where \(\mathrm{cap}(S)\) denotes the logarithmic capacity of the compact set \(S\subset\mathbb{C}\). If the components of \(K\) are either quasismooth arcs (in the sense of Lavrentiev) or closed Jordan domains bounded by a quasismooth curve, this estimate can be improved as follows. \[ \| T_n\|_K\leq c_2\,\mathrm{cap}(K)^n,\quad n\in\mathbb{N}. \]