The Bernstein-Sato ideal factorization conjecture

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Let F=(f1,…,fr)F=(f_1,\ldots,f_r) be a collection of non-zero polynomials fjf_j in C[x1,…,xn]\mathbb{C}[x_1,\ldots,x_n], and let BF⊂C[s1,…,sr]B_F\subset\mathbb{C}[s_1,\ldots,s_r] be its Bernstein-Sato ideal, generated by the polynomials bb for which

b(s1,3ellots,sr)f1s13ellotsfrsr=Pf1s1+13ellotsfrsr+1b(s_1, 3ellots,s_r)f_1^{s_1} 3ellots f_r^{s_r}=Pf_1^{s_1+1} 3ellots f_r^{s_r+1}

for an algebraic differential operator PP. Bernstein-Sato ideal factorization conjecture. The ideal BFB_F is generated by products of linear polynomials of the form

α1s1+3ellots+αrsr+α\alpha_1s_1+ 3ellots+\alpha_rs_r+\alpha

with αj∈Q≥0\alpha_j\in\mathbb{Q}_{\geq0} and α∈Q>0\alpha\in\mathbb{Q}_{>0}. This would in particular imply the analogous statement for the radical ideal of BFB_F. The conjecture refines the result of Sabbah and Gyoja that BFB_F contains at least one element of this form; for r=1r=1 it is due to Kashiwara. Its proposed shape is supported by computations, while the general statement remains open.

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Nero Budur, “Bernstein-Sato ideals and local systems”, arXiv:1209.3725 (2013).

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