Center conditions: pull back of differential equations

Abstract

The space of polynomial differential equations of a fixed degree with a center singularity has many irreducible components. We prove that pull back differential equations form an irreducible component of such a space. The method used in this article is inspired by Ilyashenko and Movasati s method. The main concepts are the Picard Lefschetz theory of a polynomial in two variables with complex coefficients, the Dynkin diagram of the polynomial and the iterated integral.