{"paper":{"title":"On the symmetry of b-functions of linear free divisors","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["math.RT"],"primary_cat":"math.AG","authors_text":"Mathias Schulze, Michel Granger","submitted_at":"2008-07-03T13:32:02Z","abstract_excerpt":"We introduce the concept of a prehomogeneous determinant as a nonreduced version of a linear free divisor. Both are special cases of prehomogeneous vector spaces. We show that the roots of the $b$-function are symmetric about -1 for reductive prehomogeneous determinants and for regular special linear free divisors. For general prehomogeneous determinants, we describe conditions under which this symmetry still holds. Combined with Kashiwara's theorem on the roots of b-functions, our symmetry result shows that -1 is the only integer root of the b-function. This gives a positive answer to a probl"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"0807.0560","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}