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A LECTURE ON THE OCTAHEDRON

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2003

NIGEL HITCHIN
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, 24-29 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3LB [email protected]
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Abstract

Algebraic solutions of certain Painlevé VI equations are produced by solving linear systems with monodromy contained in the octahedral subgroup of $\SO(3)$. The method uses the algebraic geometry of special plane curves, and makes contact with some classical geometrical problems.

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© The London Mathematical Society 2003

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