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https://doi.org/10.14943/83968

https://hdl.handle.net/2115/69626

THE CHARACTERISTIC POLYNOMIAL OF A MULTIARRANGEMENT

英語

2006

Department of Mathematics, Hokkaido University

Hokkaido University Preprint Series in Mathematics

818

1-12

Given a multiarrangement of hyperplanes we define a series by sums of the Hilbert series of the derivation modules of the multiarrangement. This series turns out to be a polynomial. Using this polynomial we define the characteristic polynomial of a multiarrangement which generalizes the characteristic polynomial of an arragnement. The characteristic polynomial of an arrangement is a combinatorial invariant, but this generalized characteristic polynomial is not. However, when the multiarrangement is free, we are able to prove the factorization theorem for the characteristic polynomial. The main result is a formula that relates ‘global’ data to ‘local’ data of a multiarrangement given by the coefficients of the respective characteristic polynomials. This result gives a new necessary condition for a multiarrangement to be free. Consequently it provides a simple method to show that a given multiarrangement is not free.

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