Stokes' phenomenon ; smoothing a victorian discontinuity
Berry, M. V.
Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS, Tome 68 (1988), p. 211-221 / Harvested from Numdam
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Berry, M. V. Stokes' phenomenon ; smoothing a victorian discontinuity. Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS, Tome 68 (1988) pp. 211-221. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/PMIHES_1988__68__211_0/

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