On logarithmic solutions of A-hypergeometric systems

Abstract

For an $A$-hypergeometric system with parameter $\beta$, a vector $v$ with minimal negative support satisfying $Av = \beta$ gives rise to a logarithm-free series solution. We find conditions on $v$ analogous to `minimal negative support' that guarantee the existence of logarithmic solutions of the system and we give explicit formulas for those solutions. Although we do not study in general the question of when these logarithmic solutions lie in a Nilsson ring, we do examine the $A$-hypergeometric systems corresponding to the Picard-Fuchs equations of certain families of complete intersections and we state a conjecture regarding the integrality of the associated mirror maps.