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In these notes I describe practical applications of resurgence to topological strings, a theory that enjoys connections with matrix models, enumerative and complex geometry, and strong/weak dualities in Physics. Starting from the asymptotic series representation of the free energy I outline recent results which are first steps for arriving at a transseries, which should in principle contain all the nonperturbative information of the theory.
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Couso-Santamaría, R. (2017). The resurgent approach to topological string theory. In: Fauvet, F., Manchon, D., Marmi, S., Sauzin, D. (eds) Resurgence, Physics and Numbers. CRM Series, vol 20. Edizioni della Normale, Pisa. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-7642-613-1_5
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