Generating functions for effective hamiltonians. Symmetry, topology, combinatorics

Recent developments associated with old technique of generating functions and invariant theory which I have started to apply to molecular problems due to my collaboration with Yu.F. Smirnov about 25 years ago are discussed. Three aspects are presented: the construction of diagonal in polyad quantum number effective resonant vibrational Hamiltonians using the symmetrized Hadamard product; the decomposition of the number of state generating function into regular and oscillatory contributions and its relation with Todd polynomials and topological characterization of energy bands; qualitative aspects of resonant oscillators and fractional monodromy as one of new generalizations of Hamiltonian monodromy.