How to Resum Feynman Graphs

Abstract

In this paper, we reformulate the combinatorial core of constructive quantum field theory. We define universal rational combinatorial weights for pairs made of a graph and any of its spanning trees. These weights are simply the percentage of Hepp’s sectors of the graph in which the tree is leading, in the sense of Kruskal’s greedy algorithm. Our main new mathematical result is an integral representation of these weights in terms of the positive matrix appearing in the symmetric “BKAR” Taylor forest formula. Then, we explain how the new constructive technique called Loop Vertex Expansion reshuffles according to these weights the divergent series of the intermediate field representation into a convergent series which is the Borel sum of the ordinary perturbative Feynman’s series.