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Review of AdS/CFT Integrability, Chapter III.3: The Dressing Factor

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We review the construction of the AdS/CFT dressing factor, its analytic properties, and several checks of its validity.

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Vieira, P., Volin, D. Review of AdS/CFT Integrability, Chapter III.3: The Dressing Factor. Lett Math Phys 99, 231–253 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11005-011-0482-0

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