Combinatorial Nonresonance Theorems for Hyperplane Arrangement Complements

Abstract

We study the nonresonance phenomenon for complex rank-one local systems on complements of hyperplane arrangements. We refine the method of Cohen, Dimca, and Orlik and obtain a combinatorial sufficient condition for nonresonance. As an application, we strengthen a theorem of Bailet, Dimca, and Yoshinaga by removing one of its conditions. We also develop restriction and lifting techniques to prove a nonresonance theorem for line arrangements.