Painlevé II tau-function expansion from ramified irregular conformal blocks

Let GG be the Barnes GG-function, and let aa be a complex number satisfying a3/2=2a^{3/2}=-\sqrt{-2}. Let ΦΛ,ΛΔ,β\Phi^{\Delta,\beta}_{\Lambda',\Lambda} denote the indicated ramified irregular vertex operator. Painlevé II expansion conjecture. A series expansion at the irregular singular point \infty is

τ(t)=tθ2/2nZsn(2π)νn(42)(ν+n)2eπ1ν2/2a3(ν+n)2/2G(1+ν+n±θ2)0|Φ(0,1,0),(0,1,0)θ2/4,4(ν+n)/3(at1)|(0,1,0).\tau(t)=t^{-\theta^2/2}\sum_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}s^n(2\pi)^{-\nu-n}(4\sqrt{2})^{-(\nu+n)^2}e^{\pi\sqrt{-1}\nu^2/2}a^{-3(\nu+n)^2/2}G\left(1+\nu+n\pm\frac{\theta}{2}\right)\left\langle0\middle|\Phi^{\theta^2/4,4(\nu+n)/3}_{(0,1,0),(0,1,0)}(at^{-1})\middle|(0,1,0)\right\rangle.

Namely, H=(logτ(t))H=(\log\tau(t))' satisfies the paper's second Painlevé differential equation. This is presented as a conjectural formula, with no proof or disproof supplied in the source.

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Hajime Nagoya, “Remarks on irregular conformal blocks and Painlevé III and II tau functions”, arXiv:1804.04782 (2018).

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