We introduce a hierarchy of closed equations for charge density correlation functions in the Hubbard model and
2+1 dimensional QED. Each step in the hierarchy can be considered a large
N truncation of an exact, but infinite set of equations relating all
k−point charge correlators.
N is the number of fermion spin components. Each step in the hierarchy sums up an infinite number of large
N diagrams, including all diagrams up to some fixed order, for
k point functions with
k≤K. Higher point functions are replaced with their leading large
N behavior. The simplest truncation gives a closed nonlinear equation for the
2 point function.
We present a self-consistent treatment of Hubbard-like lattice models at large, but finite, spatial dimensions
d. This involves a systematic expansion in powers of
1/d about the limit $d\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}=\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}\ensuremath{\infty}$. The first-order corrections can be obtained by self-consistent solution of coupled one- and two-impurity models. We calculate the leading corrections to properties of the Falicov-Kimball model. The infinite-dimensional limit seems to describe this particular model remarkably well even for
d=2.