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The holographic dual of \( \mathcal{N} \) = 2*, D = 4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory has many features common to 5d CFT. We interpret this as a manifestation of Eguchi-Kawai mechanism.
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Young, D., Zarembo, K. Holographic dual of the Eguchi-Kawai mechanism. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 30 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2014)030
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