We use our disc formula for the Siciak-Zahariuta extremal function to characterize the polynomial hull of a connected compact subset of complex affine space in terms of analytic discs.
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Finnur Lárusson; Ragnar Sigurdsson. Siciak-Zahariuta extremal functions and polynomial hulls. Annales Polonici Mathematici, Tome 92 (2007) pp. 235-239. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-ap91-2-10/