Solution

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The divergent part follows from the elementary integrals and :
Thus a wave-function counterterm and a mass counterterm are required. Write their contribution as
In the insertion convention of part (a), the inverse Dirac propagator receives . With , cancellation requires
To distinguish the coefficient counterterm from the multiplicative mass renormalization, write and . Then at this order, giving . In modified minimal subtraction, replace by . No new derivative structure is needed for this two-point divergence; charge and photon counterterms are determined from other functions.

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