Algebraic differential equations from covering maps
Abstract
Let be a complex algebraic variety, an action of an algebraic group on , a complex submanifold, a discrete, Zariski dense subgroup of which preserves , and an analytic covering map of the complex algebraic variety expressing as . We note that the theory of elimination of imaginaries in differentially closed fields produces a generalized Schwarzian derivative (where is some algebraic variety) expressing the quotient of by the action of the constant points of . Under the additional hypothesis that the restriction of to some set containing a fundamental domain is definable in an o-minimal expansion of the real field, we show as a consequence of the Peterzil-Starchenko o-minimal GAGA theorem that the \emph{prima facie} differentially analytic relation is a well-defined, differential constructible function. The function nearly inverts in the sense that for any differential field of meromorphic functions, if then if and only if after suitable restriction there is some with .
Cite
@article{arxiv.1408.5177,
title = {Algebraic differential equations from covering maps},
author = {Thomas Scanlon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.5177},
year = {2014}
}