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In this article, we continue the investigation of [1] regarding iterative properties of dual conformal integrals in higher dimensions. In d = 4, iterative properties of four and five point dual conformal integrals manifest themselves in the famous BDS ansatz conjecture. In [1] it was also conjectured that a similar structure of integrals may reappear in d = 6. We show that one can systematically, order by order in the number of loops, construct combinations of d = 6 integrals with 1/(p2)2 propagators with an iterative structure similar to the d = 4 case. Such combinations as a whole also respect dual conformal invariance but individual integrals may not.
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Bork, L., Iakhibbaev, R., Kazakov, D. et al. Dual conformal symmetry and iterative integrals in six dimensions. J. High Energ. Phys. 2020, 186 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2020)186
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