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We discuss the dynamical equations for the piNNN-NNN system. We introd
uce the Afnan-Blankleider-Avishai-Mizutani equations in a very direct
and immediate way, using the diagrammatic method and special propertie
s of the four-body transition operators. The connection between this f
our-body unitary theory and a more phenomenological model for the He-3
+ pi-->NNN process, recently developed by the authors, is established
.