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Direct-to-Symbol Integration from Landau Analysis

  • Craig Larkin
  • Andrew J. McLeod
  • Andrzej Pokraka
  • Lecheng Ren
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Abstract

We propose a Landau-analysis-inspired strategy for directly computing the symbol of integrals that evaluate to multiple polylogarithms in twisted cohomology. The central idea is to identify all ways in which singular hypersurfaces, twisted hypersurfaces, and integration boundaries can interact when external parameters are varied, giving rise to logarithmic or algebraic branch points. By tracking how an integral is modified when analytically continued around each of its branch points, we can recursively construct its symbol. We illustrate this approach by outlining an efficient algorithm for computing the symbol of finite integrals over twisted hyperplane arrangements, when they are expanded around special values of the twist parameter. This algorithm can be used to compute the (transcendental) integrands of cosmological correlators in conformally coupled theories to any order in the twist expansion.

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@misc{larkin2026directtosymbol,
  title = {{Direct-to-Symbol Integration from Landau Analysis}},
  author = {Craig Larkin and Andrew J. McLeod and Andrzej Pokraka and Lecheng Ren},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.15952},
  eprint = {2609.15952},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.15952},
}
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TY  - UNPB
TI  - Direct-to-Symbol Integration from Landau Analysis
AU  - Craig Larkin
AU  - Andrew J. McLeod
AU  - Andrzej Pokraka
AU  - Lecheng Ren
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/14
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.15952
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.15952
AB  - We propose a Landau-analysis-inspired strategy for directly computing the symbol of integrals that evaluate to multiple polylogarithms in twisted cohomology. The central idea is to identify all ways in which singular hypersurfaces, twisted hypersurfaces, and integration boundaries can interact when external parameters are varied, giving rise to logarithmic or algebraic branch points. By tracking how an integral is modified when analytically continued around each of its branch points, we can recursively construct its symbol. We illustrate this approach by outlining an efficient algorithm for computing the symbol of finite integrals over twisted hyperplane arrangements, when they are expanded around special values of the twist parameter. This algorithm can be used to compute the (transcendental) integrands of cosmological correlators in conformally coupled theories to any order in the twist expansion.
ER  -