$A$-hypergeometric systems and relative cohomology

Abstract

We investigate the space of solutions to certain $A$-hypergeometric $\mathscr{D}$-modules, which were defined and studied by Gelfand, Kapranov, and Zelevinsky. We show that the solution space can be identified with certain relative cohomology group of the toric variety determined by $A$, which generalizes the results of Huang, Lian, Yau, and Zhu. As a corollary, we also prove the existence of rank one points for Calabi--Yau complete intersections in toric varieties.