Using equivariant localization formulas we give a formula for conformal
blocks at level one on the sphere as suitable polynomials. Using this
presentation we give a generating set in the space of conformal blocks at any
level if the marked points on the sphere are generic.
We obtain formulas for the growth rate of the numbers of certain paths in
infinite graphs built on the two-dimensional Eulerian graph. Corollaries are
identities relating Stirling numbers of the first and second kinds.
If F is a master function corresponding to a hyperplane arrangement A and a
collection of weights y, we investigate the relationship between the critical
set of F, the variety defined by the vanishing of the one-form w = d log F, and
the resonance of y. For arrangements satisfying certain conditions, we show
that if y is resonant in dimension p, then the critical set of F has
codimension at most p. These include all free arrangements and all rank 3
arrangements.