The apparent-singularity conjecture for the associated third-order ODE

Consider the third-order ODE

y(αz2+B)y+(2βz3+D0z2+D)y=0.y”'-\left(\frac{\alpha}{z^2}+B\right)y'+\left(\frac{-2\beta}{z^3}+\frac{D_0}{z^2}+D\right)y=0.

The point 00 is an apparent singularity when the associated local monodromy is trivial. Let P^0,1,P^0,2,P^0,3\hat P_{0,1},\hat P_{0,2},\hat P_{0,3} be the polynomial conditions obtained from the local Frobenius analysis, so that the corresponding polynomial system is

P^0,1(B,D0,D)=P^0,2(B,D0,D)=P^0,3(B,D0,D)=0.\hat P_{0,1}(B,D_0,D)=\hat P_{0,2}(B,D_0,D)=\hat P_{0,3}(B,D_0,D)=0.

Apparent-singularity conjecture. The point 00 is an apparent singularity if and only if B=D0=D=0B=D_0=D=0; equivalently, this polynomial system has only the trivial solution B=D0=D=0B=D_0=D=0. This claim is presented as a further conjectural assertion about the reduced polynomial system; the supplied text gives no resolution.

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Zhijie Chen and Chang-Shou Lin, “On number and evenness of solutions of the SU(3) Toda system on flat tori with non-critical parameters”, arXiv:2109.11721 (2021).

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