Computing periods of rational integrals

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Abstract: A period of a rational integral is the result of integrating, with respect to one or several variables, a rational function over a closed path. This work focuses particularly on periods depending on a parameter: in this case the period under consideration satisfies a linear differential equation, the Picard-Fuchs equation. I give a reduction algorithm that extends the Griffiths-Dwork reduction and apply it to the computation of Picard-Fuchs equations. The resulting algorithm is elementary and has been successfully applied to problems that were previously out of reach.


The author considers rational functions in \(n\) complex variables and depending on a parameter. The integrals of such functions over \(n\)-cycles are called \textit{periods}. Periods satisfy ordinary linear differential equations called \textit{Picard-Fuchs equations}. The author gives an elementary algorithm extending the Griffiths-Dwork reduction which can be applied to the computation of Picard-Fuchs equations within the framework of solving problems which previously have been out of reach.



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