Let E/C n be compact, regular, and polynomially convex with pluricomplex Green function V E . Given a sequence of polynomials [ p j ] j=1, 2, ... , the first result is a condition for ( limThe condition involves the Robin function of E and the highest order homogeneous terms of the p j and generalizes one-variable results of Blatt Saff. A second result gives a necessary and sufficient condition for f, the uniform limit of polynomials on E, to extend holomorphically to E R =[z | V E (z)1. The condition involves highest order homogeneous terms of best approximating polynomials to f and the Robin function of E and extends results of Szczepan ski.1998 Academic Press