Computing Euler obstruction functions using maximum likelihood degrees

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNZ243MaRDI QIDQ5853663zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jose Israel Rodriguez, Botong Wang

Publication date 11 March 2021

Published in IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.04310

zbMATH Keywords

Euler obstruction functionmaximum likelihood degrees

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computational aspects of higher-dimensional varieties (14Q15) Stratifications; constructible sheaves; intersection cohomology (complex-analytic aspects) (32S60) Algebraic statistics (62R01)

Abstract: We give a numerical algorithm computing Euler obstruction functions using maximum likelihood degrees. The maximum likelihood degree is a well-studied property of a variety in algebraic statistics and computational algebraic geometry. In this article we use this degree to give a new way to compute Euler obstruction functions. We define the maximum likelihood obstruction function and show how it coincides with the Euler obstruction function. With this insight, we are able to bring new tools of computational algebraic geometry to study Euler obstruction functions.

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