Twisted cycles and twisted period relations for Lauricella's hypergeometric function F_C

Abstract

We study Lauricella's hypergeometric function F_C by using twisted (co)homology groups. We construct twisted cycles with respect to an Euler-type integral representation of F_C. These cycles correspond to 2^m linearly independent solutions to the system of differential equations annihilating F_C. Using intersection forms of twisted (co)homology groups, we obtain twisted period relations which give quadratic relations for Lauricella's F_C.