15–18 Dec 2025
Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP)
Europe/Berlin timezone

Reciprocal A-Determinants and Banana Singularities

16 Dec 2025, 11:30
45m
Auditorium (A.1.01/03 Alps) (Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP))

Auditorium (A.1.01/03 Alps)

Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP)

Boltzmannstr. 8 85748 Garching

Speaker

Simon Telen

Description

We introduce the reciprocal A-determinant of a reciprocal linear space as an analog of the principal A-determinant of a toric variety. For an appropriate choice of the matrix A, the zero locus of the reciprocal A-determinant consists of the Landau singularities of a banana integral. I will explain the definition and illustrate it with examples. I will also introduce an analog of the GKZ A-hypergeometric system which annihilates the integral, and whose singular locus is our determinant. This is joint work with Saiei-Jaeyeong Matsubara-Heo.

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