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Algebraicity of the Brascamp-Lieb constants

Representation Theory 2026-03-11 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

We show that the Brascamp-Lieb (BL) constant BL(-,p) is a semi-algebraic function on the set of feasible data. Consequently, it is algebraic in the sense that it satisfies a polynomial relation of the form P(V, BL(V,p))=0 for a non-zero polynomial P. In fact, we establish an analogous statement in the more general setting of quiver BL constants associated to representations of bipartite quivers.

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@article{arxiv.2603.09057,
  title  = {Algebraicity of the Brascamp-Lieb constants},
  author = {Calin Chindris and Harm Derksen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.09057},
  year   = {2026}
}