Tangent discontinuity in the oper stratification of de Rham moduli spaces
Let $X$ be a smooth complex projective curve of genus $g$, and let $\mathcal{M}_{\mathrm{dR}}(X,r)$ be the moduli space of flat bundles of rank $r$. Over the stable locus, Simpson showed the oper stratification with Lagrangian fibers and asked whether these fibers are closed and fit together into a smooth foliation. Th...