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Deformations of Fuchsian equations and logarithmic connections

Abstract

We give a geometric proof to the classical fact that the dimension of the deformations of a given generic Fuchsian equation without changing the semi-simple conjugacy class of its local monodromies (``number of accessory parameters'') is equal to half the dimension of the moduli space of deformations of the associated local system. We do this by constructing a weight 1 Hodge structure on the infinitesimal deformations of logarithmic connections, such that deformations as an equation correspond to the $(1,0)$-part. This answers a question of Nicholas Katz, who noticed the dimension doubling mentioned above. We then show that the Hitchin map restricted to deformations of the Fuchsian equation is a one-to-one etale map. Finally, we give a positive answer to a conjecture of Ohtsuki about the maximal number of apparent singularities for a Fuchsian equation with given semisimple monodromy, and define a Lagrangian foliation of the moduli space of connections whose leaves consist of logarithmic connections that can be realised as Fuchsian equations having apparent singularities in a prescribed finite set.

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Szilard Szabo. 2008-01-16. Deformations of Fuchsian equations and logarithmic connections. https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0703230

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