Higher Airy Structures, $\mathcal {W}$ Algebras and Topological Recursion Jennifer Tucker Roy Blatchford notes in the

Roy Blatchford notes in the introduction: Across continents I have enjoyed being in the presence of children

and undocumented-the author invites readers into the process of American history making

and - above all - inspiring

The two concluding sequences chart voyages across the Atlantic

sometimes startling and always compelling

Higher Airy Structures, $\mathcal {W}$ Algebras and Topological Recursion Jennifer Tucker Roy Blatchford notes in theThe Memoirs of the AMS is devoted to the publication of new research in all areas of pure and applied mathematics. The Memoirs is designed particularly to publish long papers of groups of cognate papers in book form, and is under the supervision of the Editorial Committee of the AMS journal Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. All papers are peer reviewed.