Discriminants, resultants, and multidimensional determinants

Israel M. Gelfand, Mikhail Kapranov, Andrei Zelevinsky0817636609, 9780817636609, 9780817647704, 0817647708, 3764336609, 9783764336608

An introduction to hypergeometric functions, using new approaches in algebraic geometry, combinatorics and homological algebra. The authors present their results, relating discriminants and resultants with general hypergeometric functions and geometry of convex polytopes and triangulations.