Index of rigidity of differential equations and Euler characteristic of their spectral curves

Abstract

We show a coincidence of index of rigidity of differential equations with irregular singularities on a compact Riemann surface and Euler characteristic of the associated spectral curves which are recently called irregular spectral curves. Also we present a comparison of local invariants, so called Milnor formula which links the Komatsu-Malgrange irregularity of differential equations and Milnor number of the spectral curves.

22 pages. To appear in J. Geom. Phys