Cauchy-type integrals of algebraic functions

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Abstract: We consider Cauchy type integrals I(t)=1over2piiintgammag(z)dzoverz−t with g(z) an algebraic function. The main goal is to give constructive (at least, in principle) conditions for I(t) to be an algebraic function, a rational function, and ultimately an identical zero near infinity. This is done by relating the Monodromy group of the algebraic function g, the geometry of the integration curve gamma, and the analytic properties of the Cauchy type integrals. The motivation for the study of these conditions is provided by the fact that certain Cauchy type integrals of algebraic functions appear in the infinitesimal versions of two classical open questions in Analytic Theory of Differential Equations: the Poincar'e Center-Focus problem and the second part of the Hilbert 16-th problem.


Fix an algebraic function \(g\). Take an immersed compact curve \(\gamma\subset\Sigma\), not necessarily closed. Remote a finite set \(\Sigma\) of points from \(\gamma\), which includes all double points of \(\gamma\) and its end points. The main assumptions here is that on each segment of \(\gamma\setminus\Sigma\) the function \(g\) has a single valued branch. That makes possible to define the following Cauchy-type integral \[ I(t)= I(\gamma,g,t)= {1\over 2\pi i} \int_\gamma {g(z)dz\over z-t}. \] The main goal of this paper is to give (at least in principle) constructive conditions for \(I(t)\) to be a) identically zero on the unbounded component of \(\mathbb{C}\setminus\gamma\); b) rational or algebraic in \(t\). Conditions are formulated in terms of combinatorial monodromy.



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