Discrete Symmetries of Systems of Isomonodromic Deformations of Second-Order Fuchsian Differential Equations

We compute the discrete affine group of Schlesinger transformations for isomonodromic deformations of a Fuchsian system of second-order differential equations. These transformations are treated as isomorphisms between the moduli spaces of logarithmic sl(2)-connections with given eigenvalues of the residues on ℙ1. The discrete structure is computed with the use of the modification technique for bundles with connections. The result generalizes the well-known classical computations of symmetries of the hypergeometric equation, the Heun equation, and the sixth Painlevé equation.