KP integrability of non-perturbative differentials
[Intégrabilité KP des différentielles non perturbatives]
Journal de l’École polytechnique — Mathématiques, Tome 13 (2026), pp. 1607-1635

We prove the KP integrability of non-perturbative topological recursion, which can be considered as a formal $\hbar $-deformation of the Krichever construction of algebro-geometric solutions of the KP hierarchy. This property goes back to a 2011 conjecture of Borot and Eynard.

Nous démontrons l’intégrabilité KP de la récursion topologique non perturbative, qui peut être vue comme une $\hbar $-déformation formelle de la construction de Krichever des solutions algébro-géométriques de la hiérarchie KP. Cette propriété remonte à une conjecture de Borot et Eynard datant de 2011.

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DOI : 10.5802/jep.356
Classification : 37K10, 14H70, 14H81, 81T45
Keywords: Topological recursion, non-perturbative expansions, Krichever differentials, algebro-geometric solutions, KP hierarchy
Mots-clés : Récursion topologique, développements non perturbatifs, différentielles de Krichever, solutions algébro-géométriques, hiérarchie KP

Alexander Alexandrov  1   ; Boris Bychkov  2   ; Petr Dunin-Barkowski  3   ; Maxim Kazarian  4   ; Sergey Shadrin  5

1 Center for Geometry and Physics, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Pohang 37673, Korea
2 Department of Mathematics, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, 3498838, Haifa, Israel
3 Faculty of Mathematics, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Usacheva 6, 119048 Moscow, Russia;, HSE–Skoltech International Laboratory of Representation Theory and Mathematical Physics, Skoltech, Nobelya 1, 143026, Moscow, Russia; & ITEP, 117218 Moscow, Russia
4 Faculty of Mathematics, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Usacheva 6, 119048 Moscow, Russia;, & Center for Advanced Studies, Skoltech, Nobelya 1, 143026, Moscow, Russia
5 Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics, University of Amsterdam, Postbus 94248, 1090GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Alexander Alexandrov; Boris Bychkov; Petr Dunin-Barkowski; Maxim Kazarian; Sergey Shadrin. KP integrability of non-perturbative differentials. Journal de l’École polytechnique — Mathématiques, Tome 13 (2026), pp. 1607-1635. doi: 10.5802/jep.356
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