We give a state-of-the-art survey of investigations concerning multivariate polynomial inequalities. A satisfactory theory of such inequalities has been developed due to applications of both the Gabrielov-Hironaka-Łojasiewicz subanalytic geometry and pluripotential methods based on the complex Monge-Ampère operator. Such an approach permits one to study various inequalities for polynomials restricted not only to nice (nonpluripolar) compact subsets of ℝⁿ or ℂⁿ but also their versions for pieces...

We study questions related to exceptional sets of pluri-Green potentials $V_{\mu }$ in the unit ball B of ℂⁿ in terms of non-isotropic Hausdorff capacity. For suitable measures μ on the ball B, the pluri-Green potentials $V_{\mu }$ are defined by $V_{\mu }\left(z\right)={\int }_{B}log(1/|{\varphi }_z\left(w\right)\left|\right)d\mu \left(w\right)$, where for a fixed z ∈ B, ${\varphi }_z$ denotes the holomorphic automorphism of B satisfying ${\varphi }_z\left(0\right)=z$, ${\varphi }_z\left(z\right)=0$ and $\left({\varphi }_z\circ {\varphi }_z\right)\left(w\right)=w$ for every w ∈ B. If dμ(w) = f(w)dλ(w), where f is a non-negative measurable function of B, and λ is the measure on B, invariant under all holomorphic automorphisms of B, then $V_{\mu }$...

We prove (Theorem 1.2) that the category of generalized holomorphically contractible families (Definition 1.1) has maximal and minimal objects. Moreover, we present basic properties of these extremal families.

It is shown that an infinite sequence of polynomial mappings of several complex variables, with suitable growth restrictions, determines a filled-in Julia set which is pluriregular. Such sets depend continuously and analytically on the generating sequences, in the sense of pluripotential theory and the theory of set-valued analytic functions, respectively.

Let K be a compact set in ℂ, f a function analytic in ℂ̅∖K vanishing at ∞. Let $f\left(z\right)={\sum }_{k=0}^{\infty }{a}_k{z}^{-k-1}$ be its Taylor expansion at ∞, and $H_s\left(f\right)=det{\left(a_{k+l}\right)}_{k,l=0}^s$ the sequence of Hankel determinants. The classical Pólya inequality says that $limsu{p}_{s\to \infty }{\left|H_s\left(f\right)\right|}^{1/s²}\le d\left(K\right)$, where d(K) is the transfinite diameter of K. Goluzin has shown that for some class of compacta this inequality is sharp. We provide here a sharpness result for the multivariate analog of Pólya’s inequality, considered by the second author in Math. USSR Sbornik 25 (1975), 350-364.

Let P be a real-valued and weighted homogeneous plurisubharmonic polynomial in ${ℂ}^{n-1}$ and let D denote the “model domain” z ∈ ℂⁿ | r(z):= Re z₁ + P(z’) < 0. We prove a lower estimate on the Bergman distance of D if P is assumed to be strongly plurisubharmonic away from the coordinate axes.

We study the behavior of the pluricomplex Green function on a bounded hyperconvex domain D that admits a smooth plurisubharmonic exhaustion function ψ such that 1/|ψ| is integrable near the boundary of D, and moreover satisfies the estimate $\left|\psi \right|\le Cexp(-C^{\text{'}}{\left(log(1/{\delta }_D)\right)}^{\alpha })$ at points close enough to the boundary with constants C,C’ > 0 and 0 < α < 1. Furthermore, we obtain a Hopf lemma for such a function ψ. Finally, we prove a lower bound on the Bergman distance on D.

We prove several new results on the multivariate transfinite diameter and its connection with pluripotential theory: a formula for the transfinite diameter of a general product set, a comparison theorem and a new expression involving Robin's functions. We also study the transfinite diameter of the pre-image under certain proper polynomial mappings.

Let $D\subset {ℂ}^n$ be a bounded pseudoconvex domain that admits a Hölder continuous plurisubharmonic exhaustion function. Let its pluricomplex Green function be denoted by $G_D(.,.)$. In this article we give for a compact subset $K\subset D$ a quantitative upper bound for the supremum ${sup}_{z\in K}\left|G_D(z,w)\right|$ in terms of the boundary distance of $K$ and $w$. This enables us to prove that, on a smooth bounded regular domain $D$ (in the sense of Diederich-Fornaess), the Bergman differential metric $B_D(w;X)$ tends to infinity, for $X\in {ℂ}^n/\left\{O\right\}$, when $w\in D$ tends to a boundary point....

For certain ensembles of random polynomials we give the expected value of the zero distribution (in one variable) and the expected value of the distribution of common zeros of m polynomials (in m variables).

A subset K of ℂⁿ is said to be regular in the sense of pluripotential theory if the pluricomplex Green function (or Siciak extremal function) $V_K$ is continuous in ℂⁿ. We show that K is regular if the intersections of K with sufficiently many complex lines are regular (as subsets of ℂ). A complete characterization of regularity for Reinhardt sets is also given.

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 $deg{P}_n\le d_n(d_n\&lt;d_{n+1})$ such that$$\underset{n\to \infty }{lim\; sup}{|f\left(z\right)-P_n\left(z\right)|}^{1/d_n}\&lt;1,z\in \Gamma .$$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$$\underset{n\to \infty }{lim\; sup}{\parallel f-P_n\parallel }_K^{\frac{1}{d_n}}\&lt;1$$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 $\left\{s_{n_k}\right\}$...

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 establish disc formulas for the Siciak-Zahariuta extremal function of an arbitrary open subset of complex affine space. This function is also known as the pluricomplex Green function with logarithmic growth or a logarithmic pole at infinity. We extend Lempert's formula for this function from the convex case to the connected case.

It is shown that the weak multidimensional Suita conjecture fails for any bounded non-pseudoconvex domain with $C^{1+\epsilon }$-smooth boundary. On the other hand, it is proved that the weak converse to the Suita conjecture holds for any finitely connected planar domain.

We study the weighted Bernstein-Markov property for subsets in ℂⁿ which might not be bounded. An application concerning approximation of the weighted Green function using Bergman kernels is also given.

We introduce a weighted version of the pluripotential theory on compact Kähler manifolds developed by Guedj and Zeriahi. We give the appropriate definition of a weighted pluricomplex Green function, its basic properties and consider its behavior under holomorphic maps. We also develop a homogeneous version of the weighted theory and establish a generalization of Siciak's H-principle.