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Homological Aspects of Hyperplane Arrangements

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Arrangements, Local Systems and Singularities

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The purpose of this expository article is to survey some results and applications of free resolutions related to hyperplane arrangements. We include some computational examples and open problems.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada

    Graham Denham

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  1. Institute of Mathematics, Case 7012, 2 place Jussieu, 75251, Paris Cedex 05, France

    Fouad El Zein

  2. Center for Advanced Mathematical Sciences (CAMS), American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-236, Beirut, Lebanon

    Fouad El Zein

  3. Department of Mathematics, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Alexandru I. Suciu

  4. Mathematics Department, Galatasaray University, Ciragan Cad. No 36 Besiktas, 34357, Istanbul, Turkey

    Meral Tosun  & A. Muhammed Uludağ  & 

  5. Department of Mathematics, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97405, USA

    Sergey Yuzvinsky

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Denham, G. (2009). Homological Aspects of Hyperplane Arrangements. In: El Zein, F., Suciu, A.I., Tosun, M., Uludağ, A.M., Yuzvinsky, S. (eds) Arrangements, Local Systems and Singularities. Progress in Mathematics, vol 283. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0346-0209-9_2

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