Hypergeometric Galois Actions

Abstract

We outline a project to study the Galois action on a class of modular graphs (special type of dessins) which arise as the dual graphs of the sphere triangulations of non-negative curvature, classified by Thurston. Because of their connections to hypergeometric functions, there is a hope that these graphs will render themselves to explicit calculation for a study of Galois action on them, unlike the case of a general dessin.