Abstract. Comparing the resolution of singularities for differential equations of Painlevé type, there are important differences between the second-order Painlevé equations and those of higher order. Unlike the second-order case, in higherorder cases there may exist some meromorphic solution spaces with codimension 2. In this paper, we will give an explicit global resolution of singularities for a 3-parameter family of third-order differential systems with meromorphic solution spaces of codimension 2.
IntroductionIn 1979, Okamoto [1] constructed the spaces of initial conditions of Painlevé equations, which can be considered as the parametrized spaces of all solutions, including the meromorphic solutions. They are constructed by means of successive blowing-up procedures at singular points. For Painlevé equations, the dimension of the space of meromorphic solutions through any singular point is always codimension 1. However, in the case of higher-order Painlevé equations, the space of meromorphic solutions through a singular point may be of codimension greater than or equal to 2 [5]. In this paper, we will give an explicit resolution of singularities for a 3-parameter family of third-order differential systems with meromorphic solution spaces of codimension 2. For second-order Painlevé equations, we can obtain the entire space of initial conditions by adding subvarieties of codimension 1 (equivalently, of dimension 1) to the space of initial conditions of holomorphic solutions [3].