Mellin transforms of multivariate rational functions

DOI10.1007/S12220-011-9235-7MaRDI QIDQ1935472zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 18 February 2013

Published in The Journal of Geometric Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.5060

coamoeba Fourier-Laplace transform hypergeometric function Mellin transform Newton polytope rational functions

Hypergeometric integrals and functions defined by them ((E), (G), (H) and (I) functions) (33C60) Special integral transforms (Legendre, Hilbert, etc.) (44A15)

Abstract: This paper deals with Mellin transforms of rational functions

g / f

in several variables. We prove that the polar set of such a Mellin transform consists of finitely many families of parallel hyperplanes, with all planes in each such family being integral translates of a specific facial hyperplane of the Newton polytope of the denominator

f

. The Mellin transform is naturally related to the so called coamoeba

m a t h c a l A'_{f} := e x t A r g, (Z_{f})

, where

Z_{f}

is the zero locus of

f

and

e x t A r g

denotes the mapping that takes each coordinate to its argument. In fact, each connected component of the complement of the coamoeba

m a t h c a l A'_{f}

gives rise to a different Mellin transform. The dependence of the Mellin transform on the coefficients of

f

, and the relation to the theory of

A

-hypergeometric functions is also discussed in the paper.

Review text

If \(h\) is a locally integrable function on the positive real axis, the Mellin transform is defined by the formula \[ M_h(s)= \int^\infty_0 h(z)\,z^s{dz\over z}, \] where \(s= \sigma+ it\). This transform is closely related to the Fourier-Laplace transform. In the paper, the authors consider Mellin transforms of rational functions \(h= g/f\), where \(g\) and \(f\) are polynomials, among them in several variables. It is proved that the polar set of such Mellin transforms consists of finitely many families of parallel hyperplanes, with all planes in each family being integral translates of a specific facial hyperplane of the Newton polytope of the denominator \(f\). The Mellin transform is related to the so-called coamoeba and the theory of \(A\)-hypergeometric functions.

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