On symmetric configurations in some problems on extremal decomposition. II

Some problems on extremal decomposition in families of nonoverlapping domains containing systems of biangles with free vertices on a circle are considered. Simultaneously, some progress in solving the classical problem on the maximum of a well-known conformal invariant is achieved. This exhibits the role of symmetric configurations in extremal problems under consideration. Bibliography: 11 titles. Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 357, 2008, pp. 158–179.