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arXiv · 2609.03976

A Polynomial PDE Criterion for the $-n/d$ Root of the Bernstein-Sato polynomial of Homogeneous Ideals

Abstract

Let $I\subseteq\mathbb C[x_1,\ldots,x_n]$ be an ideal generated by homogeneous polynomials of a common degree $d$. We give a polynomial partial differential equation criterion guaranteeing that $-n/d$ is a root of the Bernstein-Sato polynomial $b_I(s)$. We apply this criterion to the ideal of maximal minors of a generic $m\times n$ matrix and obtain the distinguished root $-n$; combined with local divisibility along determinantal strata, this allows us to obtain the strong monodromy conjecture in the maximal-minor case. Finally, we prove that the criterion is stable under enlarging the linear span of the generators, adjoining generators in disjoint variables, products satisfying the natural slope condition, and Thom-Sebastiani sums. These stability results provide new classes of homogeneous ideals and polynomials for which the distinguished Bernstein-Sato root can be detected. Keywords. Bernstein-Sato polynomial, monodromy conjecture.

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Yifan Chen, Huaiqing Zuo. 2026-09-08. A Polynomial PDE Criterion for the $-n/d$ Root of the Bernstein-Sato polynomial of Homogeneous Ideals. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.03976

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