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We characterize the class of uniform domains in terms of capacity. As a byproduct of this investigation we provide results describing when a Loewner domain will be a quasiextremal distance domain.
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The first author was supported by Enterprise Ireland.
The second author was supported in part by the Taft Research Center.
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Buckley, S.M., Herron, D.A. Uniform domains and capacity. Isr. J. Math. 158, 129–157 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11856-007-0007-9
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