Completeness and minimality of certain systems of functions (Q791803)

Walsh's theorem [\textit{J. L. Walsh}, J. Reine Angew. Math. 159, 197-209 (1928)] asserts that under the condition that the complement of a compact set K is connected, the system \[ (1)\quad \{f_ 0\equiv 1\}\cup \{f_{2n-1}\equiv Re z^ n,f_{2n}\equiv Im z^ n\}^{\infty}_{n=1} \] is complete in the space \(C(\partial K)\) of all continuous functions on the boundary of K. There naturally arises the question of whether all the functions of the system (1) are needed for ensuring completeness in \(C(\partial K)\). In this paper the author shows that if 0\(\in int K\), then it is not possible to eliminate from system (1) any function without loosing completeness. But if 0\(\in int K\), then under certain additional conditions imposed on K it is possible to remove even a sequence of functions with indicators \(\{\mu_ n\}^{\infty}_{n=1}\) with zero density, while the remaining system is still complete.