Hilbert Functions and Line Bundle Cohomology on CICY Threefolds

Abstract

Line bundle cohomology on complete intersection Calabi--Yau threefolds is an important input in string phenomenology. Previous work, based on direct extrapolation and on machine-learning analyses of finite data sets, has shown that these cohomology dimensions often admit chamber-wise polynomial descriptions on the Picard lattice. In this paper we explain this structure through the Hilbert functions associated with the non-trivial maps in the Koszul spectral sequence. Once Bott--Borel--Weil theory determines the non-vanishing ambient cohomology groups, the rank defects of the relevant Koszul maps are governed by Hilbert functions of cokernel or kernel modules. This turns many empirical chamber formulae into explicit rank-defect statements, with proofs that are either analytic or certified on finite boxes. Using this approach, we recover analytically almost all of the piecewise formulae appearing in the existing literature. For the remaining cases, we prove finite-box certificate theorems for infinite families of line bundles in the specified regions. We also identify new wall structures on certain CICYs which refine the chamber decompositions suggested by finite-range data. Finally, we use the same framework to construct line bundle cohomology formula libraries for two CICY threefolds which had not previously been analysed in this way. These results suggest that Hilbert-function methods can provide promising faster inputs for future string model-building scans based on line bundle constructions.