Approximation on Boundary Sets

Let U be a bounded open subset of the complex plane. By a well known result of A. M. Davie, C(bU) is the uniformly-closed linear span of A(U) and the powers (z-zi)-n, n = 1, 2, 3, … with zi a point in each component of U. We show that if A(U) is a Dirichlet algebra and bU is of infinite length, then one power of (z - zi) is superfluous.