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About deriving the multi-trace index in terms of the single-trace index

This question is in reference to this paper Combining their equations 5.2, 5.3, 5.6 and 5.7 one seems to be looking at the integral/partition function, $Z(x) = \prod_{n=1}^{n =\infty}\left [ \int ...
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Taking the continuum limit of $U(N)$ gauge theories

I would like to draw your attention to appendix $C$ on page 38 of this paper. The equation $C.2$ there seems to be evaluating the sum $\sum_R \chi _R (U^m)$ in equation 3.16 of this paper. I ...
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Branch-point twist fields and operator insertions on a Riemann manifold

I am having trouble understanding how Eq (2.6) in this paper (PDF) $$Z[\mathcal{L},\mathcal{M}_{n}]\propto\langle\Phi(u,0)\tilde{\Phi}(v,0)\rangle_{\mathcal{L}^{(n)},\mathbb{R}^{2}}$$ generalizes to ...