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Constructibility of the Set of Polynomials with a Fixed Bernstein–Sato Polynomial: an Algorithmic Approach

✍ Scribed by Anton Leykin


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2001
Tongue
English
Weight
279 KB
Volume
32
Category
Article
ISSN
0747-7171

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✦ Synopsis


Let n and d be positive integers, let k be a field and let P(n, d; k) be the space of the non-zero polynomials in n variables of degree at most d with coefficients in k. Let B(n, d) be the set of the Bernstein-Sato polynomials of all polynomials in P(n, d; k) as k varies over all fields of characteristic 0. G. Lyubeznik proved that B(n, d) is a finite set and asked if, for a fixed k, the set of the polynomials corresponding to each element of B(n, d) is a constructible subset of P(n, d; k).

In this paper we give an affirmative answer to Lyubeznik's question by showing that the set in question is indeed constructible and defined over Q, i.e. its defining equations are the same for all fields k. Moreover, we construct an algorithm that for each pair (n, d) produces a complete list of the elements of B(n, d) and, for each element of this list, an explicit description of the constructible set of polynomials having this particular Bernstein-Sato polynomial.