Resurgence and arithmetic of non-perturbative effects

Claudia Rella (IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette)

Mar 25. 2026, 09:15 — 10:15

Perturbative expansions in quantum field theory and string theory are typically factorially divergent, signalling the presence of exponentially suppressed corrections. Resurgence provides a universal framework for accessing the non-perturbative effects encoded in the divergence of asymptotic series. Under suitable assumptions, the data extracted through resurgent methods exhibit intrinsic number-theoretic and quantum modular properties, reflecting symmetries of the geometry underlying the quantum theory. The framework of modular resurgence formalises this interplay. In this talk, I will describe the emerging bridge between the resurgent and arithmetic structures encoded in the asymptotic expansions of certain quantum modular forms, and illustrate it with examples from the spectral theory of quantum operators associated with local weighted projective planes.

Further Information
Venue:
ESI Boltzmann Lecture Hall
Associated Event:
Amplitudes and Algebraic Geometry (Thematic Programme)
Organizer(s):
Daniele Agostini (U Tübingen)
Lara Bossinger (UNAM, Oaxaca)
Ruth Britto (Trinity College, Dublin)
Johannes Henn (MPP, Munich)
Jianrong Li (U of Vienna)
Anna-Laura Sattelberger (MPI MIS, Leipzig)
Oliver Schlotterer (Uppsala U)