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Does one need theO(ε)- andO(ε2)-terms of one-loop amplitudes in a next-to-next-to-leading order calculation ?

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This article discusses the occurrence of one-loop amplitudes within a next-to-next-to-leading-order calculation. In a next-to-next-to-leading-order calculation, the one-loop amplitude enters squared and one would therefore naively expect that the $\mathcal{O}(\ensuremath{\epsilon})$- and $\mathcal{O}({\ensuremath{\epsilon}}^{2})$-terms of the one-loop amplitudes are required. I show that the calculation of these terms can be avoided if a method is known, which computes the $\mathcal{O}({\ensuremath{\epsilon}}^{0})$-terms of the finite remainder function of the two-loop amplitude.