Componentwise Geometry and Monodromy of Generalized Lamé Equations

Abstract

We develop a componentwise geometric and monodromy theory for the one-support generalized Lamé equation on an elliptic curve, with singularities at \(0\) and \(\pm p\). Its log-free curve decomposes canonically into irreducible even and non-even components, the former being governed by elliptic Painlevé~VI. For the non-even component, we construct the hyperelliptic spectral curve, Baker--Akhiezer functions, and addition map, and prove that \[ °σ_{n,p}^{(1)}=n(n+1). \] After quotienting by the involution \(T\mapsto -T\), we identify the non-even spectral curve with the classical Lamé spectral curve of weight \(n\), compatibly with the addition map and the rational function \(κ\). This identification is realized by \[ \widetilde B=T^2-n(n+1)\wp(p), \] and associates every non-even generalized Lamé equation with a unique classical Lamé equation on the same elliptic curve having equivalent period monodromy. Fixing \(\widetilde B\) yields an isomonodromic deformation with \(τ\) fixed. Together with the Painlevé-VI deformation on the even component, it gives a componentwise interpretation of the collision \(p\to0\), and yields a finite descent on the admissible completely reducible locus. The classical spectral, finite-gap, finite-monodromy, and curvature theories consequently transfer to the non-even component. Finally, within the symmetric family $\left(n_0,n_1,n_2,n_3,\frac12,\frac12\right),$ the one-support case forms an affine genus-zero hierarchy, whereas for $\left(1,1,0,0,\frac12,\frac12\right)$, the non-even normalization is generically elliptic and becomes rational on the discriminant locus, while the full compactified log-free curve retains arithmetic genus two. This first genus jump marks the boundary of the affine theory and motivates a genus-dependent componentwise geometry.