Rooting out letters: octagonal symbol alphabets and algebraic number theory

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Rooting out letters : octagonal symbol alphabets and algebraic number theory. / Bourjaily, Jacob L.; McLeod, Andrew J.; Vergu, Cristian; Volk, Matthias; von Hippel, Matt; Wilhelm, Matthias.

In: Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol. 2020, No. 2, 025, 01.02.2020.

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Bourjaily, JL, McLeod, AJ, Vergu, C, Volk, M, von Hippel, M & Wilhelm, M 2020, 'Rooting out letters: octagonal symbol alphabets and algebraic number theory', Journal of High Energy Physics, vol. 2020, no. 2, 025. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2020)025

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Bourjaily, J. L., McLeod, A. J., Vergu, C., Volk, M., von Hippel, M., & Wilhelm, M. (2020). Rooting out letters: octagonal symbol alphabets and algebraic number theory. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2020(2), [025]. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2020)025

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Bourjaily JL, McLeod AJ, Vergu C, Volk M, von Hippel M, Wilhelm M. Rooting out letters: octagonal symbol alphabets and algebraic number theory. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2020 Feb 1;2020(2). 025. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2020)025

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Bourjaily, Jacob L. ; McLeod, Andrew J. ; Vergu, Cristian ; Volk, Matthias ; von Hippel, Matt ; Wilhelm, Matthias. / Rooting out letters : octagonal symbol alphabets and algebraic number theory. In: Journal of High Energy Physics. 2020 ; Vol. 2020, No. 2.

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