Moments of Riesz p-equilibrium measures are minimal for the ball

Let n2n\geq 2 and n2<p<nn-2<p<n, or let n=1n=1 and 0p<10\leq p<1. Let KRnK\subset\mathbb{R}^n be compact and let BRnB\subset\mathbb{R}^n be a closed ball centered at the origin. Write Capp\operatorname{Cap}_p for the pp-capacity, and let μ\mu and ν\nu be the pp-equilibrium measures of KK and BB, respectively. Assume that

Capp(K)=Capp(B).\operatorname{Cap}_p(K)=\operatorname{Cap}_p(B).

Moments of Riesz pp-equilibrium measures are minimal for the ball. For every q(0,)q\in(0,\infty),

KxqdμBxqdν.\int_K |x|^q\,d\mu\geq\int_B |x|^q\,d\nu.

This extends the corresponding logarithmic and Newtonian moment inequalities and asserts that, among compact sets with fixed pp-capacity, the centered ball minimizes every positive radial moment of the equilibrium measure. The supplied context does not state whether this conjecture has been proved or disproved.

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Carrie Clark and Richard S. Laugesen, “Balls minimize moments of logarithmic and Newtonian equilibrium measures”, arXiv:2403.12867 (2024).

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