Stokes' phenomenon ; smoothing a victorian discontinuity
Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS, Tome 68 (1988), pp. 211-221 
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Berry, M. V. Stokes' phenomenon ; smoothing a victorian discontinuity. Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS, Tome 68 (1988), pp. 211-221. https://www.numdam.org/item/PMIHES_1988__68__211_0/

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