Twisted cohomology and likelihood ideals

Authors Saiei-Jaeyeong Matsubara-Heo, Simon Telen

Publication date 31 January 2023

Difference algebra (12H10) de Rham cohomology and algebraic geometry (14F40) Computational aspects of associative rings (general theory) (16Z05) Feynman integrals and graphs; applications of algebraic topology and algebraic geometry (81Q30)

Abstract: A likelihood function on a smooth very affine variety gives rise to a twisted de Rham complex. We show how its top cohomology vector space degenerates to the coordinate ring of the critical points defined by the likelihood equations. We obtain a basis for cohomology from a basis of this coordinate ring. We investigate the dual picture, where twisted cycles correspond to critical points. We show how to expand a twisted cocycle in terms of a basis, and apply our methods to Feynman integrals from physics.

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