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Segre surfaces and geometry of the Painlev\'e equations

Mathematical Physics 2026-03-23 v2 Algebraic Geometry math.MP Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

Abstract

In this paper, we consider a six parameter family of affine Segre surfaces embedded in C6\mathbb C^6. For generic values of the parameters, this family is associated to the qq-difference sixth Painlev\'e equation. We show that different limiting forms of this family give Segre surfaces that are isomorphic as affine varieties to the the monodromy manifolds of each Painlev\'e differential equation.

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@article{arxiv.2405.10541,
  title  = {Segre surfaces and geometry of the Painlev\'e equations},
  author = {Nalini Joshi and Marta Mazzocco and Pieter Roffelsen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.10541},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

Fixed typos, added references and two remarks, Remark 4.1 and Remark 6.4