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Analysis reveals that constant local systems maximize Betti numbers in complex hyperplane arrangements, indicating structural significance.
We show that the Betti numbers of a local system on the complement of an essential complex hyperplane arrangement are maximized precisely when the local system is constant. This result answers positively a recent question of Yoshinaga and the first author.
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Liu et al. (2026) studied this question.
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