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Logarithmic Discriminants of Hyperplane Arrangements

Algebraic Geometry 2025-06-09 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Combinatorics

Abstract

A recurring task in particle physics and statistics is to compute the complex critical points of a product of powers of affine-linear functions. The logarithmic discriminant characterizes exponents for which such a function has a degenerate critical point in the corresponding hyperplane arrangement complement. We study properties of this discriminant, exploiting its connection with the Hurwitz form of a reciprocal linear space.

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@article{arxiv.2410.11675,
  title  = {Logarithmic Discriminants of Hyperplane Arrangements},
  author = {Leonie Kayser and Andreas Kretschmer and Simon Telen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.11675},
  year   = {2025}
}

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