Geometric Structures Laboratory

Event Information An introduction to the exact WKB analysis, with emphasis on its fundamental aspects
11:00 on Thursday August 25, 2016
13:00 on Thursday August 25, 2016
BA2135, Bahen Center, 40 St. George St.
Shinji Sasaki
https://www.math.toronto.edu/cms/sasaki-shinji/
University of Toronto

In this talk, I am going to give an introduction to the exact WKB analysis, that is, WKB analysis based on the Borel resummation.

I start with review of basic notions and facts (such as Stokes geometry, Borel summability of WKB solutions etc.) for the prototypical equation namely second order linear ODE with a small (or large) parameter. Then I introduce WKB-theoretic transformations to canonical equations (Airy equation, Weber equation etc.) by Aoki-Kawai-Takei, explain their consequence and Borel summability.

I will also give an overview of the exact WKB analysis of higher order equations.