Capacities and Bergman kernels for Riemann surfaces and Fuchsian groups (Q790289)

Let \(\Omega\) be a Riemann surface with \(\Omega\not\in {\mathcal O}_ G\). The second author has conjectured [Arch. Rat. Mech. Anal. 46, 212-217 (1972; Zbl 0245.30014)] that \(k_ 0(\omega,\omega)\geq c_{\beta}(\omega)^ 2\) for \(\omega\in \Omega\) where \(k_ 0\) is the Bergman kernel of \(\Omega\) and \(c_{\beta}\) the capacity function of the ideal boundary. Stated in terms of a Fuchsian group \(\Gamma\), this conjecture is equivalent to \[ \sum_{\gamma \in \Gamma}\gamma '(0)\geq \prod_{\gamma \in \Gamma,\gamma \neq \iota}| \gamma(0)|^ 2\equiv b'(0)^ 2. \] In this paper a weaker inequality is proved where the right-hand side is replaced by \(b'(0)^ 2/[8 \log(1/b'(0))+6 \log 2].\)