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Extremal Functions and Widom Factors on Compact Riemann Surfaces

Sampad Lahiry
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We study the Chebyshev extremal problem on a compact Riemann surface $X$ of genus $g>0$. As an analog to monic polynomials, we consider admissible meromorphic functions having no poles away from a marked point $P_{\infty}$ (with adequate normalisation). For a nonpolar compact set $E\subset X\setminus\{P_{\infty}\}$, we show that the $n$-th root of the Chebyshev constant $t_n(E)$ converges to the capacity of $E$, and we establish the corresponding Bernstein-Walsh inequality. In the second part of the paper, using a Cauchy kernel adapted to Riemann surfaces, we study the refined Szeg\H{o}--Widom asymptotics for the extremals as well as the Widom factors $$ W_n(E)=\frac{t_n(E)}{\operatorname{cap}(E)^n},$$ assuming that $E$ is a finite union of $p$ closed discs with analytic boundaries. The geometry of the Schottky double, which has genus $2g+p-1$, enters explicitly into these asymptotics. We find that there is no analogue of Faber-type asymptotics even for one single boundary curve. We conclude by constructing explicit examples in genus $1$ using the Weierstrass-$\wp$ function.

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Sampad Lahiry. 2026-07-23. Extremal Functions and Widom Factors on Compact Riemann Surfaces. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.21260

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