Nonperturbative effects and the large-order behavior of matrix models and topological strings

Communications in Number Theory and Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 349-419

  Mariño, Marcos ^a   Schiappa, Ricardo ^a   Weiss, Marlene ^b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 77952876835     PISSN: 19314523     EISSN: 19314531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/CNTP.2008.v2.n2.a3     Document Type: Article

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