Likelihood Degenerations

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2023.108863MaRDI QIDQ6373472arXivFDO

Authors Daniele Agostini, Taylor Brysiewicz, Claudia Fevola, Lukas Kühne, Bernd Sturmfels, Simon Telen

Publication date 22 July 2021

Published in arXiv

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AIM.2023.108863

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relationships between surfaces, higher-dimensional varieties, and physics (14J81) Geometric aspects of numerical algebraic geometry (14Q65) Applications of tropical geometry (14T90) Matroids in convex geometry (realizations in the context of convex polytopes, convexity in combinatorial structures, etc.) (52B40) Algebraic statistics (62R01)

arXiv classification

hep-thmath.AGmath.CO

Abstract: Computing all critical points of a monomial on a very affine variety is a fundamental task in algebraic statistics, particle physics and other fields. The number of critical points is known as the maximum likelihood (ML) degree. When the variety is smooth, it coincides with the Euler characteristic. We introduce degeneration techniques that are inspired by the soft limits in CEGM theory, and we answer several questions raised in the physics literature. These pertain to bounded regions in discriminantal arrangements and to moduli spaces of point configurations. We present theory and practise, connecting complex geometry, tropical combinatorics, and numerical nonlinear algebra.

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