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On globally nilpotent differential equations

Algebraic Geometry 2011-04-20 v4 Number Theory

Abstract

In a previous work of the authors, a middle convolution operation on the category of Fuchsian differential systems was introduced. In this note we show that the middle convolution of Fuchsian systems preserves the property of global nilpotence. This leads to a globally nilpotent Fuchsian system of rank two which does not belong to the known classes of globally nilpotent rank two systems. Moreover, we give a globally nilpotent Fuchsian system of rank seven whose differential Galois group is isomorphic to the exceptional simple algebraic group of type G2.G_2.

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@article{arxiv.math/0605383,
  title  = {On globally nilpotent differential equations},
  author = {Michael Dettweiler and Stefan Reiter},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0605383},
  year   = {2011}
}