Hodge theory of the middle convolution (Q2436081)

For a given irreducible local system on the punctured projective line the Katz algorithm provides a criterion for testing whether this local system is physically rigid. The algorithm (in case of a positive answer) terminates with a rank-one local system. This procedure applies successively tensor product with a rank-one local system and a middle convolution with a Kummer local system. The authors compute the behaviour of Hodge data under tensor product with a unitary rank-one local system and middle convolution with a Kummer unitary rank-one local system for an irreducible variation of a polarized complex Hodge structure on a punctured complex affine line.