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Large-N c quantum chromodynamics and harmonic sums

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In the large-N c limit of QCD, two-point functions of local operators become harmonic sums. I review some properties which follow from this fact and which are relevant for phenomenological applications. This has led us to consider a class of analytic number theory functions as toy models of large-N c QCD which also is discussed.

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DE RAFAEL, E. Large-N c quantum chromodynamics and harmonic sums. Pramana - J Phys 78, 927–946 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-012-0319-0

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