Middle convolution and Harnad duality (Q617357)

From the author's abstract: ``Dettweiler-Reiter's additive description of Katz's middle convolution can be interpreted in terms of the Harnad duality. Using this interpretation together with Mumford's geometric invariant theory, we generalize the additive middle convolution to have a multi-parameter and act on systems of linear ordinary differential equations with irregular singularities. We show that the generalized operation holds basic properties of the original one, and additionally show that Katz's algorithm involving our generalization works well in generic case.'' Namely, the Harnad duality gives a symplectomorphism between naive moduli spaces of irreducible systems having general different singularities with different truncated formal types. A finite iteration of additive operations, involving middle convolutions, makes a Fuchsian system into an irreducible pair of rank 1.