Calculating & Drawing Feynman Diagrams for $\mathscr{L}$

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Homework Statement



I need to calculate <\phi(x_1)\phi(x_2)\phi(x_3)> and <\phi(x_1)\phi(x_2)\phi(x_3)>_{c} and then draw Feynman diagrams when \mathscr{L} = -\left(\left(\partial_{\mu}\phi\right)^{2} + m^{2}\phi^{2}\right) - g\phi^{3} through first order in g.

Homework Equations



<\phi(x_1)\phi(x_2)\phi(x_3)> = \frac{\delta}{\delta J(x_1)}\frac{\delta}{\delta J(x_2)}\frac{\delta}{\delta J(x_3)}Z[J]|_{J=0}

<\phi(x_1)\phi(x_2)\phi(x_3)>_{c} = \frac{\delta}{\delta J(x_1)}\frac{\delta}{\delta J(x_2)}\frac{\delta}{\delta J(x_3)}\ln{(Z[J])}|_{J=0}

The Attempt at a Solution



I find terms of the form <\phi(x_1)><\phi(x_2)\phi(x_3)> and I'm not sure how to multiply the correlation functions. Any hints on how to do that? Thanks.

I should perhaps say that I know how the diagrams look for <\phi(x_1)> and <\phi(x_2)\phi(x_3)> individually but don't know how to multiply them (or what it means to do that).

ANSWER: You put them together (in one diagram) of course! How silly of me D:
 
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To multiply correlation functions, you just add the diagrams together. For example, if you have two diagrams, one representing <\phi(x_1)> and another one representing <\phi(x_2)\phi(x_3)>, then you can just add them together to get <\phi(x_1)\phi(x_2)\phi(x_3)>. This can be done by connecting the external points of the two diagrams together.
 
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