The capacity-deficit asymptotic conjecture for planar shrinking condensers

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Let Δ\Delta be the unit disc in the complex plane, let T=∂Δ\mathbb T=\partial\Delta, and let E⊆TE\subseteq\mathbb T be closed. For 0<r<10<r<1, write Cap⁡(E,Δ‾(0,r))\operatorname{Cap}(E,\overline{\Delta}(0,r)) for the condenser capacity, and write Cap⁡(E)=Cap⁡(E,Δ‾(0,1/2))\operatorname{Cap}(E)=\operatorname{Cap}(E,\overline{\Delta}(0,1/2)). Let δ\delta denote the deficit of EE from full capacity, so that Cap⁡(E)=Cap⁡(T)−δ\operatorname{Cap}(E)=\operatorname{Cap}(\mathbb T)-\delta. Capacity-deficit asymptotic conjecture.

inf⁡{Cap⁡(E,Δ‾(0,r)): Cap⁡(E)=Cap⁡(T)−δ}≈Cap⁡(T)−δr+δ.\inf\left\{\operatorname{Cap}(E,\overline{\Delta}(0,r)):\ \operatorname{Cap}(E)=\operatorname{Cap}(\mathbb T)-\delta\right\}\approx\frac{\operatorname{Cap}(\mathbb T)-\delta}{r+\delta}.

The conjecture proposes that the relevant asymptotic scale is governed by the small amount by which EE fails to have full capacity, rather than by the capacity of a small set. It extends the discussion of the rate at which condenser capacity grows as the inner disc approaches the boundary; the supplied text gives no resolution.

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N. Arcozzi, “Capacity of shrinking condensers in the plane”, arXiv:1108.5325 (2011).

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