Let $\Gamma$ be a non-pluripolar set in ${ℂ}^N$. Let $f$ be a function holomorphic in a connected open neighborhood $G$ of $\Gamma$. Let $\left\{P_n\right\}$ be a sequence of polynomials with $deg{P}_n\le d_n(d_n\<d_{n+1})$ such that$$\underset{n\to \infty }{lim\; sup}{|f\left(z\right)-P_n\left(z\right)|}^{1/d_n}\<1,z\in \Gamma .$$We show that if$$\underset{n\to \infty }{lim\; sup}{\left|P_n\left(z\right)\right|}^{1/d_n}\le 1,z\in E,$$where $E$ is a set in ${ℂ}^N$ such that the global extremal function $V_E\equiv 0$ in ${ℂ}^N$, then the maximal domain of existence $G_f$ of $f$ is one-sheeted, and$$\underset{n\to \infty }{lim\; sup}{\parallel f-P_n\parallel }_K^{\frac{1}{d_n}}\<1$$for every compact set $K\subset G_f$. If, moreover, the sequence $\{d_{n+1}/d_n\}$ is bounded then $G_f={ℂ}^N$.If $E$ is a closed set in ${ℂ}^N$ then $V_E\equiv 0$ if and only if each series of homogeneous polynomials ${\sum }_{j=0}^{\infty }{Q}_j$, for which some subsequence $\left\{s_{n_k}\right\}$...

Let $Y$ be a hyperbolic surface and let $\phi$ be a Laplacian eigenfunction having eigenvalue $-1/4-{\tau }^2$ with $\tau >0$. Let $N\left(\phi \right)$ be the set of nodal lines of $\phi$. For a fixed analytic curve $\gamma$ of finite length, we study the number of intersections between $N\left(\phi \right)$ and $\gamma$ in terms of $\tau$. When $Y$ is compact and $\gamma$ a geodesic circle, or when $Y$ has finite volume and $\gamma$ is a closed horocycle, we prove that $\gamma$ is “good” in the sense of [TZ]. As a result, we obtain that the number of intersections between $N\left(\phi \right)$ and $\gamma$ is $O\left(\tau \right)$. This bound is sharp.

The Siciak extremal function establishes an important link between polynomial approximation in several variables and pluripotential theory. This yields its numerous applications in complex and real analysis. Some of them can be found on a rich list drawn up by Klimek in his well-known monograph "Pluripotential Theory". The purpose of this paper is to supplement it by applications in constructive function theory.

The paper is concerned with the best constants in the Bernstein and Markov inequalities on a compact set $E\subset {ℂ}^N$. We give some basic properties of these constants and we prove that two extremal-like functions defined in terms of the Bernstein constants are plurisubharmonic and very close to the Siciak extremal function ${\Phi }_E$. Moreover, we show that one of these extremal-like functions is equal to ${\Phi }_E$ if E is a nonpluripolar set with $li{m}_{n\to \infty }Mₙ{\left(E\right)}^{1/n}=1$ where $Mₙ\left(E\right):=sup{\left|\right|\left|gradP\right|\left|\right|}_E/{\left|\right|P\left|\right|}_E$, the supremum is taken over all polynomials P of N variables of total...

We use our disc formula for the Siciak-Zahariuta extremal function to characterize the polynomial hull of a connected compact subset of complex affine space in terms of analytic discs.

We obtain a complete list of simple framed curve singularities in ℂ² and ℂ³ up to the framed equivalence. We also find all the adjacencies between simple framed curves.

We study the simultaneous linearizability of $d$–actions (and the corresponding $d$-dimensional Lie algebras) defined by commuting singular vector fields in ${ℂ}^n$ fixing the origin with nontrivial Jordan blocks in the linear parts. We prove the analytic convergence of the formal linearizing transformations under a certain invariant geometric condition for the spectrum of $d$ vector fields generating a Lie algebra. If the condition fails and if we consider the situation where small denominators occur, then...