The GKZ hypergeometric $\mathcal{D}$-module

Abstract

For an $(n\times N)$-matrix $A$ of rank $n$ with integer entries, Gelfand, Kapranov and Zelevinsky introduce a system of differential equations, called the $A$-hypergeometric system. We define the stable GKZ hypergeometric $\mathcal{D}$-module using cohomological functors, which is closely related to the $A$-hypergeometric $\mathcal{D}$-module and the $\mathcal{D}$-module underlying the better behaved GKZ system introduced by Borisov and Horja. We prove the stable GKZ hypergeometric $\mathcal{D}$-module is holonomic and is an integrable connection of rank $n!\mathrm{vol}(\hat{I}{”}_{\infty })$ on the Zariski open subset parametrizing nondegenerate Laurent polynomials, where $\hat{I}{”}_{\infty }$ is the Newton polytope at $\infty$.

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