Arithmetic Monodromy in Sp(2n)

Authors Jitendra Bajpai, Daniele Dona, M. Nitsche

Publication date 15 September 2022

Has companion code repository https://github.com/martinnitsche/arithmeticity-in-sp

Discrete subgroups of Lie groups (22E40) Monodromy; relations with differential equations and (D)-modules (complex-analytic aspects) (32S40) Connections of hypergeometric functions with groups and algebras, and related topics (33C80)

Abstract: Based on a result of Singh--Venkataramana, Bajpai--Dona--Singh--Singh gave a criterion for a discrete Zariski-dense subgroup of Sp(2n,Z) to be a lattice. We adapt this criterion so that it can be used in some situations that were previously excluded. We apply the adapted method to subgroups of Sp(6,Z) and Sp(4,Z) that arise as the monodromy groups of hypergeometric differential equations. In particular, we show that out of the 40 maximally unipotent Sp(6) hypergeometric groups more than half are arithmetic, answering a question of Katz in the negative.

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