Computations associated with the resonance arrangement

arXiv2106.09940MaRDI QIDQ6370640FDOQ6370640

Publication date: 18 June 2021

Abstract: The resonance arrangement

m a t h c a l A_{n}

is the arrangement of hyperplanes in

m a t h b b R^{n}

given by all hyperplanes of the form

s u m_{i i n I} x_{i} = 0

, where

I

is a nonempty subset of

1, d o t s, n

. We consider the characteristic polynomial

c h i (m a t h c a l A_{n}; t)

of the resonance arrangement, whose value

R_{n}

at

- 1

is of particular interest, and corresponds to counts of generalized retarded functions in quantum field theory, among other things. No formula is known for either the characteristic polynomial or

R_{n}

, though

R_{n}

has been computed up to

n = 8

. By exploiting symmetry and using computational methods, we compute the characteristic polynomial of

m a t h c a l A_{9}

, and thus obtain

R_{9}

. The coefficients of the characteristic polynomial are also equal to the so-called Betti numbers of the complexified hyperplane arrangement; that is, the coefficient of

t^{n - i}

is denoted by the Betti number

b_{i} (m a t h c a l A_{n})

. Explicit formulas are known for the Betti numbers up to

b_{3} (m a t h c a l A_{n})

. Using computational methods, we also obtain an explicit formula for

b_{4} (m a t h c a l A_{n})

, which gives the

t^{n - 4}

coefficient of the characteristic polynomial.

Has companion code repository: https://github.com/mihirsinghal/resonance-arrangement

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