The monodromy representation of Lauricella's hypergeometric function F_C

Abstract

We study the monodromy representation of the system $E_C$ of differential equations annihilating Lauricella's hypergeometric function $F_C$ of $m$ variables. Our representation space is the twisted homology group associated with an integral representation of $F_C$. We find generators of the fundamental group of the complement of the singular locus of $E_C$, and give some relations for these generators. We express the circuit transformations along these generators, by using the intersection forms defined on the twisted homology group and its dual.