Sibuya-type conjecture for the third-order conformal-limit equation

Let M>0M>0, and consider the third-order equation

[x3g(g+2)(1x2x1x3)+p(x,E)]y(x,E,g)=0.\left[\partial_x^3-g(g+2)\left(\frac{1}{x^2}\partial_x-\frac{1}{x^3}\right)+p(x,E)\right]y(x,E,g)=0.

Here p(x,E)p(x,E) is the potential in the conformal-limit equation, and xx is understood on a suitable cover of the punctured complex plane when the branch point at x=0x=0 requires it. Sibuya-type conjecture. Equation above has a solution y(x,E,g)y(x,E,g) that is entire in (x,E)(x,E), admits for M>1/2M>1/2 the asymptotic representations

yxMe1M+1xM+1,ye1M+1xM+1,yxMe1M+1xM+1,y\sim x^{-M}e^{-\frac{1}{M+1}x^{M+1}},\qquad y'\sim-e^{-\frac{1}{M+1}x^{M+1}},\qquad y”\sim x^{-M}e^{-\frac{1}{M+1}x^{M+1}},

as xx\to\infty in the sector

arg(x)<4π3M+3,|\arg(x)|<\frac{4\pi}{3M+3},

and is uniquely fixed by these properties. This proposed generalization of Sibuya's theorem is motivated by the ODE/conformal-field-theory correspondence; the supplied text does not establish whether the claim is proved or remains open.

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Patrick Dorey, Simone Faldella, Stefano Negro and Roberto Tateo, “The Bethe Ansatz and the Tzitzéica-Bullough-Dodd equation”, arXiv:1209.5517 (2012).

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