We characterize mappings$S$_{$i$}and$T$_{$i$}, not necessarily linear, from sets $\mathcal {J}_{i}$ ,$i$=1,2, onto multiplicative subsets of function algebras, subject to the following conditions on the peripheral spectra of their products:$σ$_{$π$}($S$_{1}($a$)$S$_{2}($b$))⊂$σ$_{$π$}($T$_{1}($a$)$T$_{2}($b$)) and$σ$_{$π$}($S$_{1}($a$)$S$_{2}($b$))∩$σ$_{$π$}($T$_{1}($a$)$T$_{2}($b$))≠∅, $a\in \mathcal {J}_{1}$ , $b\in \mathcal {J}_{2}$ . As a direct consequence we obtain a large number of previous results about mappings subject to various spectral conditions.

We construct Fatou–Bieberbach domains in $\mathbb{C}^{n}$ for$n$>1 which contain a given compact set$K$and at the same time avoid a totally real affine subspace$L$of dimension <$n$, provided that$K$∪$L$is polynomially convex. By using this result, we show that the domain $\mathbb{C}^{n}\setminus\mathbb{R}^{k}$ for 1≤$k$<$n$enjoys the basic Oka property with approximation for maps from any Stein manifold of dimension <$n$.

We will prove Sarnak’s conjecture on Möbius disjointness for continuous interval maps of zero entropy and also for orientation-preserving circle homeomorphisms by reducing these result to a well-known theorem of Davenport from 1937.

We study the smoothness of the Siciak–Zaharjuta extremal function associated to a convex body in $\mathbb{R}^{2}$ . We also prove a formula relating the complex equilibrium measure of a convex body in $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ ($n$≥2) to that of its Robin indicatrix. The main tool we use is extremal ellipses.

We determine all helix surfaces with parallel mean curvature vector field which are not minimal or pseudo-umbilical in spaces of type $M^{n}(c)\times\mathbb{R}$ , where$M$^{$n$}($c$) is a simply connected$n$-dimensional manifold with constant sectional curvature$c$.