Pole loci of solutions of a degenerate Garnier system (Q2712975)

The author deals with the linear differential equation NEWLINE\[NEWLINE{d^2y\over dx^2}- \Biggl(\sum_{k=1,2} {1\over x-\lambda_k}\Biggr) {dy\over dx}- \Biggl(9x^5+ 9t_1 x^3+ 3t_2 x^2+ 3K_2 x+ 3K_1- \sum_{k= 1,2} {k\over x-\lambda_k}\Biggr) y= 0.\tag{1}NEWLINE\]NEWLINE The isomonodromic deformation of (1) together with a symplectic transformation yields a degenerate Garnier system of the form NEWLINE\[NEWLINE{\partial q_k\over\partial s_j}= {\partial H_j\over\partial p_k},\quad {\partial p_k\over\partial s_j}= {\partial H_j\over\partial q_k},\quad j= 1,2;\;k= 1,2,\tag{2}NEWLINE\]NEWLINE with known \(h_1(p,q)\), \(H_2(p,q)\). The purpose of this paper is to examine pole loci of the solutions to (2). It is shown that, for every solution, each pole locus is expressible by an analytic function which satisfies a fourth-order nonlinear ordinary differential equation. Analytic expressions of solutions near their pole loci are given.