## The dependence of capacities on moving branch points.(English)Zbl 1133.31002

Let $$A$$ and $$B$$ be disjoint non-degenerate continua in $$\mathbb{C}$$ with connected complements; a pasting arc for $$A$$ and $$B$$ is defined to be a simple arc $$\gamma$$ in the sphere $$\widehat{\mathbb{C}}$$ that is disjoint from $$A\cup B$$. Then, by forming a covering Riemann surface $$\widehat{\mathbb{C}}_\gamma$$ over $$\widehat{\mathbb{C}}$$ by pasting two copies of $$\widehat{\mathbb{C}}\setminus\gamma$$ crosswise across the arc $$\gamma$$, we may view $$A$$ and $$B$$ as embedded in the two different sheets $$\widehat{\mathbb{C}}\setminus\gamma$$ of $$\widehat{\mathbb{C}}_\gamma$$ and denote by $$\text{cap}(A, \widehat{\mathbb{C}}_\gamma\setminus B)$$ the variational 2-capacity of the set $$A$$ in $$\widehat{\mathbb{C}}_\gamma$$ with respect to the open subset $$\widehat{\mathbb{C}}_\gamma\setminus B$$ containing $$A$$.
The author obtains a variational formula for this capacity, from which he shows that the capacity changes smoothly as one branch point moves. The material is related to a series of the author’s papers; for instance, see M. Nakai and S. Segawa [Complex Var., Theory Appl. 49, No. 4, 229–240 (2004; Zbl 1060.30053)].

### MSC:

 31A15 Potentials and capacity, harmonic measure, extremal length and related notions in two dimensions 30C85 Capacity and harmonic measure in the complex plane 30F15 Harmonic functions on Riemann surfaces

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