Preface |
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1 | (3) |
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1.2 A brief history of the Painleve equations |
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4 | (3) |
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7 | (2) |
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1.4 Three types of difference equations |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (1) |
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1.6 Identification of discrete Painleve equations |
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11 | (6) |
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Chapter 2 A dynamical systems approach |
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17 | (8) |
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2.1 A prototypical example |
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17 | (2) |
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19 | (2) |
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21 | (2) |
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2.4 Dynamics of a discrete Painleve equation |
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23 | (2) |
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Chapter 3 Initial value spaces |
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25 | (20) |
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3.1 The Weierstrass cubic pencil |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (2) |
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3.3 Resolution of singularities |
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29 | (3) |
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3.4 Resolution of base points |
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32 | (4) |
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3.5 Biquadratic pencils and QRT maps |
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36 | (2) |
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3.6 Geometric properties of the initial value space |
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38 | (7) |
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Chapter 4 Foliated initial value spaces |
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45 | (14) |
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4.1 A perturbation of the Weierstrass pencil |
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45 | (9) |
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54 | (5) |
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Chapter 5 Cremona mappings |
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59 | (16) |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (3) |
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64 | (2) |
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5.4 The case (A2 + A1)(1) |
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66 | (4) |
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5.5 Construction of a discrete Painleve equation |
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70 | (5) |
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Chapter 6 Asymptotic analysis |
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75 | (12) |
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6.1 Asymptotics of an additive discrete Painleve equation |
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76 | (4) |
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6.2 Asymptotics of a multiplicative discrete Painleve equation |
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80 | (7) |
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87 | (8) |
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87 | (2) |
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89 | (2) |
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7.3 Lax Pairs for qPIII and qPVI |
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91 | (1) |
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92 | (3) |
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Chapter 8 Riemann-Hilbert problems |
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95 | (10) |
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8.1 Basic definitions and notation |
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95 | (2) |
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8.2 Additive discrete linear problems |
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97 | (3) |
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8.3 Multiplicative discrete linear problems |
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100 | (5) |
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Appendix A Foliations and vector bundles |
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105 | (2) |
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105 | (1) |
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105 | (2) |
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Appendix B Projective spaces |
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107 | (8) |
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B.1 The two dimensional projective plane |
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107 | (2) |
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B.2 Homogeneous Polynomials |
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109 | (2) |
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B.3 General Algebraic Curves |
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111 | (1) |
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B.4 Resolutions and Intersection Theory |
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112 | (3) |
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Appendix C Reflection groups |
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115 | (4) |
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115 | (1) |
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C.2 Root systems and reflection groups |
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116 | (1) |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (1) |
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Appendix D Lists of discrete Painleve equations |
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119 | (6) |
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D.1 List of additive discrete Painleve equations |
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119 | (2) |
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D.2 List of q-discrete Painleve Equations |
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121 | (2) |
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D.3 The elliptic discrete Painleve Equation |
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123 | (2) |
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Appendix E Asymptotics of discrete equations |
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125 | (12) |
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125 | (3) |
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E.2 Ordinary Differential Equations |
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128 | (3) |
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E.3 Ordinary Difference Equations |
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131 | (6) |
Bibliography |
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137 | (8) |
Index |
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