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Main Author: Song, Chaoming
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.05375
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  • We uncover a striking connection between conformal blocks and fractional calculus. By employing a modified form of half-derivates, we derived explicitly the exact form of the three-dimensional conformal block, expressed as the product of two hypergeometric 4F3 functions. This result provides a rigorous proof of Hogervorst's formula, conjectured nearly a decade ago. Furthermore, we demonstrate its implications for the conformal bootstrap, potentially leading to new analytical techniques and numerical tools that deepen our understanding of conformal field theory.