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Feynman Diagrams, Differential Reduction, and Hypergeometric Functions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-11-18 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Mathematical Physics Analysis of PDEs math.MP

Abstract

We will present some (formal) arguments that any Feynman diagram can be understood as a particular case of a Horn-type multivariable hypergeometric function. The advantages and disadvantages of this type of approach to the evaluation of Feynman diagrams is discussed.

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@article{arxiv.0901.4716,
  title  = {Feynman Diagrams, Differential Reduction, and Hypergeometric Functions},
  author = {M. Yu. Kalmykov and V. V. Bytev and Bernd A. Kniehl and B. F. L. Ward and S. A. Yost},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.4716},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

7 pages, LaTeX, PoS style; based on a talk given by M.Kalmykov at ACAT 2008, Erice, Italy, Nov. 3-7, 2008; v2: few references added; v3: few references and some details added and conclusion is improved

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