Novel Representation of the General Fuchsian and Heun Equations and their Solutions

Abstract

In the present article we introduce and study a novel type of solutions to the general Heun's equation. Our approach is based on the symmetric form of the Heun's differential equation yielded by development of the Papperitz-Klein symmetric form of the Fuchsian equations with an arbitrary number N≥4 of regular singular points. We derive the symmetry group of these equations which turns to be a proper extension of the Mobius group. We also introduce and study new series solutions of the proposed in the present paper symmetric form of the general Heun's differential equation (N=4) which treats simultaneously and on an equal footing all singular points.