Painlevé-III monodromy maps under the \(D_6 \rightarrow D_8\) confluence and applications to the large-parameter asymptotics of rational solutions (Q6196825)

In [\textit{V. I. Gromak}, Differ. Uravn. 9, 2082--2083 (1973; Zbl 0275.34002)], a transformation of a solution of Painlevé III equation with parameters \((\alpha,\beta)\) to a solution of Painlevé III equation with parameters \((\alpha+4,\beta+4)\) was found. In the paper under review a limit of sequence of these transformations is investigated. It is proved that the limit is a solution of a Painlevé III (\(D_8\)) equation.