$L^p$-bounded point evaluations for polynomials and uniform rational approximation

A connection is established between uniform rational approximation, and approximation in the mean by polynomials on compact nowhere dense subsets of the complex plane $\mathbb C$. Peak points for $R(X)$ and bounded point evaluations for $H^p(X,dA)$, $1\leq p<\infty$, play a fundamental role.