On metrics of curvature 1 with four conic singularities on tori and on the sphere (Q512475)

The authors discuss conformal metrics of curvature \(1\) on tori and on the sphere, with four conic singularities whose angles are multiples of \(\pi\). Let \(\rho(z)|dz|\) be the length element of the metric in a local conformal coordinate. The behavior at a singularity is \(\rho(z) \sim c| z|^{\alpha-1}\) where \(\alpha>0\). The considered question is related to linear differential equations with regular singular points \(w''+\frac 12 R\), \( w=0\). Special cases of \(R\) are considered.