Riemann-Hilbert problem for analytic families of representations (Q1178080)

In the complex projective space \(\mathbb{C} P^ n\) we fix a collection of hyperspaces \(H_ 1,H_ 2,\dots,H_{N+1}\) and consider the fundamental group of the complement \(\pi_ 1\) \((\mathbb{C} P^ n \setminus H,x_ 0)\) where \(H = \bigcup^{N+1}_{j = 1} H_ j\). The main problem of the paper is the realization of analytic families of representations of the fundamental group \(\rho_ \lambda: \pi_ 1(\mathbb{C} P^ n \setminus H, x_ 0) \to GL(m,\mathbb{C})\) as monodromy representations of integrable analytic families of Fuchsian Pfaffian systems. This problem is a multidimensional variant of Hilbert's 21st problem and we will call it the Riemann-Hilbert problem for analytic families. Our basic result allows us to pose the problem for analytic families of representations \(\rho_ \lambda\) with sufficiently small values of the parameter \(\lambda\). As a corollary we obtain the decidability of the Riemann-Hilbert problem for arbitrary representations which are sufficiently close to the unit representation, and also for arbitrary representations in the unipotent group \(U(m,\mathbb{C}) \subset GL(m,\mathbb{C})\). In particular, we prove that integrability of systems is connected with conditions of integrability of commutator type relations in the fundamental group \(\pi_ 1(\mathbb{C} P^ n \setminus H)\).