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The functions 
fi 
and 
fi+l, 
(i 
= 
1, 
..., 
i? 
- 
1) 
have the same asymptotic 
expansion at the origin: 
fi, 
fi+l 
N 
f”, 
in Gevreyi sense. Therefore 
fi+l 
- 
fi 
= 
fi,i+l 
is asymptotic to zero on 
V,,i+l 
= 
V, 
fl 
V,+l 
in Gevrey 
$ 
sense 
(i. 
e. 
is exponentially decreasing with an order 
k). 
The eye-shaped “sector” 
&+I 
admits an opening exactly equal to 
i. 
There is a converse to this property which 
( 
even if  it seems surprising) 
will give 
a 
very efficient way  to prove that a power  series derived from a 
problem of  dynamical system is k-summable. 
Theorem 
1.5. 
We assume  that 
{Vl, 
..., 
V,} 
is an open  covering 
of 
the 
punctured  disc 
D* 
by 
open sector,  such that the 
3 
by 
3 
intersections are 
void.  Let 
{ 
f1, 
..., 
f,} 
be  a  collection 
of 
holomorphic functions  satisfying 
the following conditions: 
(a) each 
fj 
E 
O(V,) 
is bounded  on 
V, 
(j 
= 
1, 
..., 
m); 
(ii) 
fj,j+l 
defined 
in 
V,,j+l 
= 
V, 
n 
&+I 
can be  extended 
in 
an holomorphic 
function defined on an eyeshaped  ((sector”  with opening 
2 
such that 
Then there  exists  a  unique formal power  series 
f” 
such  that 
fj 
N 
f^ 
(i 
= 
1, 
..., 
m). 
Moreover 
f” 
is k-summable  and the 
fls 
correspond  to sums 
off 
in 
diferent directions. 
If 
we denote by 
C 
the finite set 
of 
the bisecting 
lines 
of 
the sectors 
&,i+l(i 
= 
1, 
..., 
m), 
then 
C(f”) 
c 
C. 
this extension (denoted also 
fj,j+l) 
satisfies 
fj,j+l 
E 
A- 
<-k 
( 
v‘ 
j,j+l). 
Proof. 
We  leave it to the reader  (it is easy, using Theorem 
1.4) 
and 
our definition of  Ic-summability. 
In the case of  dynamical systems, it is in many cases possible to find 
directly the 
fis 
using dynamical methods. Then it remains to estimate the 
differences 
fi+l 
- 
fi 
= 
fi,i+l 
in order to prove  an exponential  decay  (of 
some order). 
It 
is important to notice that it is easy to linearize this last 
problem, therefore the method is very powerful for non-linear problems. 
Examples. 
We will describe in some details two k-summable series. We 
will begin with 
our 
favorite example: the Euler series.  The next example 
will be 
a 
power series coming &om the asymptotic expansion of  the Airy 
function at infinityll. 
+m 
=n 
Euler series. 
We  start from 
f(z) 
= 
C 
(-l)”n!z”+’. 
Here 
k 
= 
1. 
Its 
.- 
- 
,.A 
formal Bore1 transform is 
B 
f 
(t) 
= 
& 
= 
1 
- 
t 
+ 
t2 
- 
. . 
. . 
By 1-summation 
llFor 
more 
details and other examples from special functions theory, cf.  [Mar Ram].