A cyclotomic family of thin hypergeometric monodromy groups in Sp(4)
Presenter
June 18, 2021
Abstract
The monodromy of differential equations is a rich source of subgroups of Lie groups. I will describe joint work with Charles Fougeron exhibiting an infinite family of discrete groups in Sp(4), obtained as monodromies of certain hypergeometric differential equations. Besides discreteness, the groups have a number of additional interesting properties.
The family was discovered experimentally, but our proof does not rely on computers.