Point evaluations and polynomial approximation in the mean (Q930443)

Let \(\mu\) be a finite Borel measure with compact support in the complex plane \(\mathbb C\). For \(1\leq t<\infty\), let \(P^t(\mu)\) denote the closure of the polynomials in \(L^t(\mu)\). A point \(a\in \mathbb C\) is called bounded point evaluation for \(P^t(\mu)\) if there exists \(c>0\) such that \(| p(a)| \leq c\| p\| _{L^t(\mu)}\) for all polynomials \(p\). The authors construct an example of a Borel subset \(E\) of the unit disk such that the set of bounded point evaluations for \(P^t(A_E)\) varies with \(t\); (\(A_E\) is the area measure on \(E\)). They further show that \(E\) can be chosen to be a simply connected region. In the context of smooth measures, like area measure, examples of this type were unexpected. The proof involves estimates of harmonic measure on champagne subregions of the unit disk.