EXTREMAL PROBLEMS and SYMMETRIZATION for PLANE RING DOMAINS
: Solynin A., Vuorinen M.
: 1996
Transactions of the American Mathematical Society
: Transactions of the American Mathematical Society
: 348
: 10
: 4095
: 4112
: 18
: 0002-9947
: http://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id:21444456042
We show that Teichmüller's classical lower bound for the capacity of a ring domain, obtained by circular symmetrization, can be replaced by an explicit one which is almost always better. The proof is based on a duplication formula for the solution of an associated extremal problem. Some inequalities are obtained for conformal invariants. © 1996 American Mathematical Society.