Resurgence in Mathematics and Physics

Resurgence through Path Integrals

Jun 11, 2019, 11:30 AM

1h

Centre de Conférences Marilyn et James Simons (Le Bois-Marie)

Speaker

Maxim Kontsevich (IHES)

Description

I will review the approach to the resurgence phenomenon via integration over rapid decay cycles (Lefschetz thimbles) in path integrals.
Examples include WKB asymptotics, heat kernels, WZW models and Chern-Simons theory.

Presentation materials

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