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The Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov system as a deformation of the isomonodromy problem

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It is shown that the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov (KZ) equation (and corresponding vector bundle) can be viewed as a quantization of the isomonodromy problem for differential equations with several singular points.

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    Nicolai Reshetikhin

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Reshetikhin, N. The Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov system as a deformation of the isomonodromy problem. Lett Math Phys 26, 167–177 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00420750

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