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Irreducible automorphic functions for a compact Riemann surface of arbitrary genus are used to expand two- and three-point functions of conformal quantum field theory. The divergence of this expansion at coinciding arguments is studied in particular.
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Rühl, W. Irreducible automorphic functions and then-point functions of conformal field theory. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 43, 513–521 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01506549
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01506549