Maxim Kontsevich - Resurgence through Path Integrals
Channel: Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS)
Date: 2019-06-15

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