Zoom link:  https://princeton.zoom.us/j/4335279254

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Theory of resurgent functions was developed by Jean Écalle starting from early 80-ies. Very often in physics and mathematics we have an asymptotic expansion in small parameter which is divergent because the coefficients have factorial growth an ∼ n! exp(O(n)). The property of resurgence means that the Borel transform ∑n anζn/n! admits an endless analytic continuation, which allows to reconstruct the exact value of the original divergent series.

I will give some examples of resurgent series (classical special functions, Écalle-Voronin theory, heat kernel, WKB approximation), and propose some new viewpoints (Hodge structures of infinite rank, analytic wall-crossing structures).