The determinant of a hypergeometric periodic matrix (Q678256)

Let \(f_1,\dots, f_p\) be polynomials with real coefficients of degree one which define an arrangement of hyperplanes in \(\mathbb{R}^n\) or \(\mathbb{C}^n\). Let \(\alpha_1,\dots, \alpha_p\) be complex numbers. Let \(U_\alpha= f_1^{\alpha_1}\cdots f_p^{\alpha_p}\). Varchenko calculated, for arrangements of hyperplanes in general position, the determinant of a (period) matrix whose entries are (hypergeometric) integrals \(\int_\Delta U_n\phi\), where \(\Delta\) runs over the set of bounded connected components of \(\mathbb{R}^n- \bigcup^p_{i=1} \{f_i=0\}\) and the \(n\)-form \(\phi\) runs over a suitable set of \(n\)-differential forms. In particular, when an arrangement is composed of the two points \(\{0,1\}\) in the real line \(\mathbb{R}\), the formula is equal to the classical formula expressing the beta function in terms of the gamma function. In the general case, Varchenko conjectured an explicit formula and proved it for normal-crossing arrangements and arrangements in general position at infinity. In this paper we show that the conjecture announced by Varchenko is true for any arrangement for a suitable set of differential forms (\(\beta{\mathbf {nbc}}\)-basis). The calculation of the determinant of the period matrix in a \(\beta{\mathbf {nbc}}\)-basis can be done by using recurrence (deletion-restriction) and by studying zeros of the determinant in terms of a non-resonance set.