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For a fixed Feynman graph one can consider Feynman integrals with all possible powers of propagators and try to reduce them, by linear relations, to a finite subset of integrals, the so-called master integrals. Up to now, there are numerous examples of reduction procedures resulting in a finite number of master integrals for various families of Feynman integrals. However, up to now it was just an empirical fact that the reduction procedure results in a finite number of irreducible integrals. It this paper we prove that the number of master integrals is always finite.
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We give a brief introduction to a parametric approach for the derivation of shift relations between Feynman integrals and a result on the number of master integrals. The shift relations are obtained from parametric annihilators of the Lee-Pomeransky polynomial $mathcal{G}$. By identification of Feynman integrals as multi-dimensional Mellin transforms, we show that this approach generates every shift relation. Feynman integrals of a given family form a vector space, whose finite dimension is naturally interpreted as the number of master integrals. This number is an Euler characteristic of the polynomial $mathcal{G}$.
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We consider expressions of the form of an exponential of the sum of two non-commuting operators of a single variable inside a path integration. We show that it is possible to shift one of the non-commuting operators from the exponential to other functions which are pre-factors and post-factors when the domain of integration of the argument of that function is from -infty to +infty. This shift theorem is useful to perform certain integrals and path integrals involving the exponential of sum of two non-commuting operators.
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