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Modular forms in quantum field theory. (English) Zbl 1290.81083

Summary: The amplitude of a Feynman graph in quantum field theory is related to the point-count over finite fields of the corresponding graph hypersurface. This article reports on an experimental study of point counts over \(\mathbb{F}_q\) modulo \(q^3\), for graphs up to loop order \(10\). It is found that many of them are given by Fourier coefficients of modular forms of weights \(\leq 8\) and levels \(\leq 17\).

MSC:

81T18 Feynman diagrams
11F11 Holomorphic modular forms of integral weight

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