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We survey the theory of replicable functions and its ramifications from number theory to physics.

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McKay, J., Sebbar, A. (2007). Replicable Functions: An Introduction. In: Cartier, P., Moussa, P., Julia, B., Vanhove, P. (eds) Frontiers in Number Theory, Physics, and Geometry II. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30308-4_10

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