A minimum principle for potentials with application to Chebyshev constants

Abstract: For "Riesz-like" kernels

K (x, y) = f (| x - y |)

on

A i m e s A

, where

A

is a compact

d

-regular set

A s u b s e t m a t h b b R^{p}

, we prove a minimum principle for potentials

U_{K}^{m} u = i n t K (x, y) d m u (x)

, where

m u

is a Borel measure supported on

A

. Setting

P_{K} (m u) = i n f_{y i n A} U^{m} u (y)

, the

K

-polarization of

m u

, the principle is used to show that if

u_{N}

is a sequence of measures on

A

that converges in the weak-star sense to the measure

u

, then

P_{K} (u_{N}) o P_{K} (u)

as

N o i n f t y

. The continuous Chebyshev (polarization) problem concerns maximizing

P_{K} (m u)

over all probability measures

m u

supported on

A

, while the

N

-point discrete Chebyshev problem maximizes

P_{K} (m u)

only over normalized counting measures for

N

-point multisets on

A

. We prove for such kernels and sets

A

, that if

u_{N}

is a sequence of

N

-point measures solving the discrete problem, then every weak-star limit measure of

u_{N}

as

N o i n f t y

is a solution to the continuous problem.

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