On a conjecture of Varchenko

DOI10.1007/S002220050096zbMATH Open0882.32022arXivalg-geom/9503016OpenAlexW3103862840WikidataQ122890287 ScholiaQ122890287MaRDI QIDQ5961434FDOQ5961434

Roberto Silvotti

Publication date: 20 February 1997

Published in: Inventiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this note we generalize and prove a recent conjecture of Varchenko concerning the number of critical points of a (multivalued) meromorphic function $phi$ on an algebraic manifold. Under certain conditions, this number turns out to coincide with the Euler characteristic (up to a sign) of the complement of the divisor of $phi$. A few variants of this basic situation are also discussed. Two independent proofs are given, respectively using Chern classes and Morse theory In its original form, this counting problem arises (in special cases) in evaluating the asymptotics of correlation functions of Wess--Zumino--Witten conformal field theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/alg-geom/9503016

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zbMATH Keywords

critical pointsMorse theoryhypergeometric integral

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Complex surface and hypersurface singularities (32S25) Topological aspects of complex singularities: Lefschetz theorems, topological classification, invariants (32S50)

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