Coefficients of the monodromy matrices of one-parameter families of double octic Calabi-Yau threefolds at a half-conifold point (Q6065148)

\textit{C. F. Doran} and \textit{J. W. Morgan} [AMS/IP Stud. Adv. Math. 38, 517--537 (2006; Zbl 1116.14005)] introduced a rational basis for the monodromy group of the Picard-Fuchs operator of a hypergeometric family of Calabi-Yau threefolds. This paper is concerned with one-parameter families of double octic Calabi-Yau threefolds, and their Picard-Fuchs differential equations (of order \(4\)). A generalized Doran-Morgan basis for the monodromy group is constructed for double octic Calabi-Yau threefolds. Then the transition matrix between a generalized Doran-Morgan basis and the Frobenius basis at a half-conifold point is computed numerically. The entries of the transition matrix are identified as rational functions in the special values \(L(f,1)\) and \(L(f,2)\) of the corresponding modular form \(f\) and one multiplicative constant.