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Counting master integrals: Integration by parts vs. functional equations

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-02-02 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We illustrate the usefulness of functional equations in establishing relationships between master integrals under the integration-by-parts reduction procedure by considering a certain two-loop propagator-type diagram as an example.

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@article{arxiv.1602.00115,
  title  = {Counting master integrals: Integration by parts vs. functional equations},
  author = {Bernd A. Kniehl and Oleg V. Tarasov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.00115},
  year   = {2016}
}

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8 pages, 1 figure

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