Reversible linear differential equations

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Abstract: Let abla be a meromorphic connection on a vector bundle over a compact Riemann surface Gamma. An automorphism sigma:GammaoGamma is called a symmetry of abla if the pull-back bundle and the pull-back connection can be identified with abla. We study the symmetries by means of what we call the Fano Group; and, under the hypothesis that abla has a unimodular reductive Galois group, we relate the differential Galois group, the Fano group and the symmetries by means of an exact sequence.


In 1900, \textit{G. Fano} [Math. Ann. 53, 493--590 (1900; JFM 31.0342.01)] has asked the question whether or not a linear differential equation with solutions satisfying a homogeneous polynomial can be solved in terms of linear equations of lower order. The author treats the problem in terms of connections. Let \(\nabla\) be a meromorphic connection on a vector bundle over a compact Riemann surface \(\Gamma \). An automorphism \(\sigma :\varGamma \rightarrow \varGamma \) is called a symmetry of \(\nabla\) if the pullback bundle and the pullback connection can be identified with \(\nabla\). The author studies the symmetries by means of what he calls the Fano group; and, under the hypothesis that \(\nabla\) has a unimodular reductive Galois group, he relates the differential Galois group, the Fano group and the symmetries by means of an exact sequence.











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