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We develop techniques useful for obtaining conformal blocks in embedding space. We construct a unique differential operator in embedding space and use it to construct a function that will be an important ingredient in assembling conformal blocks. We show a number of relations that the components of conformal blocks satisfy and find invariance of our expressions under the dihedral group.
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Fortin, JF., Skiba, W. Conformal differential operator in embedding space and its applications. J. High Energ. Phys. 2019, 93 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2019)093
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